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October 15, 2007
BY SEAN McADAM
Journal Sports Writer
CLEVELAND -- The Sox' 11-inning loss to Cleveland in Game Two was a tough one, but manager Terry Francona continues to stress that the defeat is history.
''We try to put things away pretty quickly,'' said Francona. ''It seems like the longer I manage, the losses tend to maybe stay with you longer than the wins do. I wish it wasn't like that -- I'm not sure why it is. But at the same time, when something happens difficult in a game, I think it's our responsibility as a staff to show up the next day and be ready to go. I think our staff does a really good job of that.''
Playing in a market like Boston, where losses get magnified during the season, helps Francona and his coaches keep the team focused.
''In Boston,'' Francona said, ''every game means so much. You lose two or three games in a row (and it becomes a big deal). It's easy to talk a big game in spring training: 'This is how we're going to do things.' Then when it comes time to do it, we need to live up to our end of things. And I think we do that.''
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