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Courtney Finnicum

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Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch and Moan: Terry Francona Is Back (And Better Than Ever)

Well, don't use words like ilk because I don't know what that means.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch and Moan: Terry Francona Is Back (And Better Than Ever)

So we've got to get that straight away right now.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch and Moan: Terry Francona Is Back (And Better Than Ever)

Thank you.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch and Moan: Terry Francona Is Back (And Better Than Ever)

Thank you.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch and Moan: Terry Francona Is Back (And Better Than Ever)

I think we did.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch and Moan: Terry Francona Is Back (And Better Than Ever)

I don't know.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch and Moan: Terry Francona Is Back (And Better Than Ever)

And I didn't really care what people on the outside, because that doesn't really, you shouldn't base your feelings for your team.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch and Moan: Terry Francona Is Back (And Better Than Ever)

But I think our guys thought we could.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch and Moan: Terry Francona Is Back (And Better Than Ever)

And it wasn't easy, but it came down to the last day.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch and Moan: Terry Francona Is Back (And Better Than Ever)

But when you still get the pop champagne, for a lot of young guys that have never done that, it was really meaningful for us.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch and Moan: Terry Francona Is Back (And Better Than Ever)

I think the accomplishment was that they tried their rear ends off to do what we ask.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch and Moan: Terry Francona Is Back (And Better Than Ever)

In fairness to the players, the way they played the game

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch and Moan: Terry Francona Is Back (And Better Than Ever)

before was kind of different than maybe some of the things I wanted.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch and Moan: Terry Francona Is Back (And Better Than Ever)

And that's not an indictment on anybody.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch and Moan: Terry Francona Is Back (And Better Than Ever)

It's just, you know, Pete, that's what makes our game so special is different people feel differently.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch and Moan: Terry Francona Is Back (And Better Than Ever)

So even some of the coaches, you know, it was different for them and we had to kind of, you know, it took a little while, but yeah,

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch and Moan: Terry Francona Is Back (And Better Than Ever)

I was amazed at the amount and the level of cooperation from every person there.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch and Moan: Terry Francona Is Back (And Better Than Ever)

And I mean, every player, when you tell a player something, they'd look you in the eye and they try to do it.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch and Moan: Terry Francona Is Back (And Better Than Ever)

Courtney, I'll give you another thing.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch and Moan: Terry Francona Is Back (And Better Than Ever)

And people may not think this was that big a deal.