AL DIVISION SERIES: RED SOX v WHITE SOX

October 5, 2005

Terry Francona

TERRY FRANCONA: I think so, and again, I think he understood the importance of who is running and being quick. I thought he tried to be a little bit too quick. He was trying to make a reasonable chance. I think we had a shot at it. It would have been close.

TERRY FRANCONA: The perspective is we're down 0-2, so we don't play tomorrow, we have a workout, and show up with some optional hitting, and we'll try to win our next game.

TERRY FRANCONA: No, I thought he actually pitched very well the whole game. I thought we did a very good job of trying to take what he gives you. If you try to pull the ball, you got a chance to not only make one out but two out. We hit some very hard balls right on the nose. Olerud comes to mind. I thought we had very good at-bats.

TERRY FRANCONA: I would rather have it the other way. The comfort I have is our ability to play. We'll show up and play the next game. That's what's important. That's what it's in front of us. That's what we can control. The comfort level I have is I know we will play. That's what gives me the most comfort.

TERRY FRANCONA: You probably would get a better answer if you asked them. I thought Boomer, you know, the one ball that was hit that left the ballpark was a breaking ball, middle, not quite down enough. When you give them extra outs, there is always the possibility of that happening, it was a ground ball to the middle. The double down the line wasn't hit well. I didn't think he even thought it was going to be fair. No, I think we gave them an extra opportunity and they made us pay for it.

TERRY FRANCONA: I'm sorry?

TERRY FRANCONA: To put it as simple as I can, we really weren't hoping for that. Are we aware he can hit the ball out of the ballpark? Sure. Yeah, I mean, yeah. We weren't really looking for that, but we were aware that this kid can hit the ball out of the ballpark, sure.

TERRY FRANCONA: I didn't think Boomer was out of gas, but at this point if he happens to hang a breaking ball, we don't want to be down two. Down one is enough. I thought it was the time. I thought he pitched great, actually. I thought it was time to keep it right where it was.

TERRY FRANCONA: I don't think we went out of the zone very much. He throws a lot of strikes. He's walked, I think, four left-handers all year. If you go up and try to walk against Mark Buehrle, you will be making some right turns. I thought we did a pretty good job. We took what he gave us, hit the ball the other way, scored early, just after a point they scored, and then we couldn't come back.