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While the Indians and the Yankees were battling it out in Game 4 of their playoff series last night, not every member of the Red Sox was paying rapt attention to each pitch to get in a little extra scouting on their ALCS opponent.

David Ortiz said he took his kids to the movies yesterday. They saw "Game Plan."

"It was an outstanding movie," said Ortiz of the football film that stars wrestling's The Rock.

But Ortiz said as he left the theater he received a quickie update on the Indians-Yankees game.

"Some lady screamed at me, 'Cleveland's whupping the Yankees' (butts)," said Ortiz. "When I got home, it was 6-1 (Cleveland). I watched the rest of the game."

Dustin Pedroia, meanwhile, said he was watching the TV show, "Prison Break" instead of the baseball game. Reliever Manny Delcarmen said he fell asleep but saw part of it.

Mike Lowell wasn't keeping a scorebook on the game, either.

"I'm not a big pitch-by-pitch guy watching baseball," admitted Lowell. "I like the condensed version. I watched the ninth inning. I do that with every playoff game."

Even manager Terry Francona wasn't glued to the baseball game on TV.

"I was going back and forth between the baseball game and the football (Dallas versus Buffalo) game," said Francona. "I just watched it as a fan."

-- Steven Krasner

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