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October 12, 2007
Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach
C.C. Sabathia heads back to the dugout after being taken out of the game in the fifth inning.
On C.C. Sabathia
He didn't have it tonight . . . He just never really got in synch. When you're talking about facing a team like Boston, they're going to make you work for it. It was just one of those nights for C.C. . . . One thing about C.C., and it's easier said than done, but he just doesn't need to try and do more than he normally does.
On what he'll tell his team in the face of such a one-sided loss
Nothing. We keep going. Our guys do a good job of separating from day to day and situation to situation. We'll chew on this one for a very short period of time tonight and move on.
On Josh Beckett's performance tonight
Real good. He's dropping that breaking ball in there, doing a good job of going left-to-right on the plate with his fastball, elevates when he needs to . . . He was on tonight. I thought he threw the ball well.
On how to decide whether to remove Sabathia
I've got so much confidence in our guys and in particular a guy like C.C. . . he's proven to me before, and proven to us before, that he can be a little off and find it. Unfortunately, it didn't happen tonight.
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