« POSTGAME: Wake tips cap to old friend Millar
Main
POSTGAME: Sox fans salute Indians »

POSTGAME: Dice-K swarmed

BOSTON - The scene said an awful lot about how close the players are on this Red Sox team.

With the clubhouse packed with wives, children, boosters, club front office personnel and media, the players savored the moment and began popping champagne bottles at every turn. Two wide-eyed pitchers, Japanese pals Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima, bounced off one group of people after another.

But then Matsuzaka hit a wall. Veterans Curt Schilling and Mike Timlin made sure to surround the winning pitcher in the pennant-clinching game and drench him with a twin-engine shower of champagne. Dice-K laughed and smiled and shot his arms into the air in celebration.

Posted by Kevin  at 1:19 AM | Permalink