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October 7, 2007
**Just arrived at Angel Stadium this morning and it's a very windy day. Right now the wind is blowing in, but other than that it's a beautiful day in Southern California.
**The Angels have had more names over the years, including California Angels, Anaheim Angels and their current name the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. This is my first trip here and it's totally ridiculous for this club to have Los Angeles in its name.
**Anyway, Curt Schilling gets the ball today in hopes he can clinch the ALDS and help Boston advance to the ALCS, beginning Friday. The veteran right-hander will face the Angels' Jered Weaver.
Schilling always exudes confidence, almost too much sometimes, but during his news conference here yesterday he was quite sure he would be ready for today's start, his first postseason work since the '04 World Series.
"I've got to be perfect," he said. "That's one of the challenges of October that I love. This is about literally being perfect. We hold ourselves to that standard realistically a lot of times, but this is one of those times where I think it's realistic. I've got to be perfect.
"I know what I want to do," he added. "I know how I want to do it. I know when I want to do it. I know who I want to do it to. And, I'm going to do it."
**If Red Sox manager Terry Francona doesn't change things up, which is unlikely, here's today's possible lineup for Boston.
BOSTON
Dustin Pedroia, 4
Kevin Youkilis, 3
David Ortiz, DH
Manny Ramirez, 7
Mike Lowell, 5
J.D. Drew, 9
Jason Varitek, 2
Coco Crisp, 8
Julio Lugo, 6
Curt Schilling SP
**Francona will hold his daily press conference at 1 p.m. eastern/10 a.m. pacific time and we'll post any udates.
**The Angels "In-game" service crew just had its pregame meeting just below the press box here and it was kind of interesting.
"The Angels are down two games and customer service is critical," an Angels staff member told the group. "No matter what happens, let's make this a positive experience."
I guess the Angels' bullpen is deeper than Francona thought.
*The local sheriff's department just scanned the press box with bomb-sniffing dogs. "You don't have any bombs on you," said the officer.
Glad that's taken care of.
Enjoy the game!
Posted by Joe McDonald 
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