We had several ideas for "extras" to add to the back of the book, and this was one of them. It didn't work out - mainly because we had so much from the 2004 players to use - but Bill recently posted the memories to his own blog, Boston Ball.
Jon Lester pitched for the Sarasota Red Sox (Florida State League) in 2004. He was 20 years old:
I came to Game Three up here against the Yankees. The bad one. I was just kind of thinking they were pretty outmatched. Obviously, being part of the organization you watch them. I followed them a little bit, but I was probably like 99 percent of the country, saying, "The Yankees are going to another World Series." But once they came back, I figured it would be over. ... I figured once they got to the World Series, it was going to be pretty easy for them.
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"I think pretty much everyone knew whoever won that ALCS was going to win the World Series." --Lackey
Unless my memory just invented this, I feel like Denis Leary did the intro to that ALCS, and after talking about the rivalry for a bit, he then said how in the end it doesn't really matter who wins because nobody's beating the Cardinals.
And Aceves, Uehara, and Victorino, jeez, it's like they were asked about a sport played on a different planet or something.
And Clay is a Jeter fanboy. Great.
We had several ideas for "extras" to add to the back of the book, and this was one of them. It didn't work out
You dodged a bullet! Good blog material. Useless book material.
Are you adding things like this to the book website, too?
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