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September 21, 2007
Click here to listen to today's edition of projo SoxTalk with Sean McAdam. Today's topics: the importance of momentum heading into the playoffs; the importance of health heading into the playoffs; how the Yankees got back in this thing; how the Mets are playing themselves out of this thing; waiting on Youkilis and Coco; Josh Beckett goes for 20; how Sean handicaps the Cy Young race; and the Red Sox facing Scott Kazmir.
Following are some excerpts from Sean's comments.
Do the players place much value on momentum? "I think it's human nature to think that you need to be pointing in the right direction before you get into these big games. You want to have a little traction going, you want to have your issues taken care of, you want to be kind of firing on all cylinders -- that's human nature, even though recent history suggests its not absolutely necessary."
The Red Sox' performance as the lead has shrunk: "They haven't been swept by the worst team in baseball, the way the Tigers were last year in the final weekend in Kansas City. ... They probably shouldn't have been swept by a team like Toronto the last few days, but this is more about, I think, the Yankees being relentless, and being on an incredible run, than the Red Sox necessarily blowing anything."
How would Beckett respond to getting win number 20? "I think it will be special for him. He has studiously avoided talking about any sort of personal gains -- Cy Young, 20 wins, leading the team in victories, any of that stuff -- but I think that should he get it tonight, or in his next start after this, he'll talk about its significance. I think for a pitcher it has to be something that is a momentous occasion."
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