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.
"I think pretty much everyone knew whoever won that ALCS was going to win the World Series." --Lackey
ReplyDeleteUnless 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.
ReplyDeleteWe had several ideas for "extras" to add to the back of the book, and this was one of them. It didn't work out
ReplyDeleteYou dodged a bullet! Good blog material. Useless book material.
Are you adding things like this to the book website, too?