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October 22, 2007
By JOE McDONALD
Journal Sports Writer
BOSTON -- He played two games, and the Boston Red Sox won both of them.
Coincidence? Probably not.
Every time this season the Red Sox summoned the duties of Jacoby Ellsbury, he shined. Not just on one occasion, he performed at a major-league level every time he stepped onto the field. Because of his success during the regular season, and with the struggles of Coco Crisp in the postseason, Red Sox management decided it was time for a change.
Ellsbury made things happen in Boston’s Game Six victory, and again in Game Seven to help the club to its second World Series appearance in four years.
He’s a rookie, but there he was standing in the middle of the clubhouse celebration, getting drenched with champagne and beers. He’s part of the team now. A big part.
''Words can’t explain this,” he said. ''This is awesome. To come like this is awesome. We stayed relaxed and had confidence. This is awesome. We’re tight and we never had our backs to the wall. The veterans and everybody, we all had confidence in ourselves. We stayed true to ourselves.''
Someone asked Ellsbury if the champagne tasted sweeter at Fenway, a veiled remark to Ryan Garko.
''It does,'' said Ellsbury. ''It definitely tastes sweeter at home.''
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