Boston Red Sox
While Tribe closed out Yanks, Sox players had better things to do
07:41 AM EDT on Wednesday, October 10, 2007
BOSTON — While the Indians and the Yankees were battling it out in Game Four of their playoff series Monday night, not every member of the Red Sox was paying rapt attention..
David Ortiz took his kids to the movie 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. 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,” said 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 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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