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Chapter 1: What inspired Josh Byrnes to pursue a career in baseball?
Yeah, there should be some passion. This doesn't have to be boring. You don't get bored by baseball. Okay, one thing the game needs is more people like you. You.
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You. You. You. You. You. All right, there is no human being I'd rather be talking to right now than Josh Byrne. Josh, so 20 years, 20 years ago, it was the day Dave Roberts stole the base, that game. And what's crazy about it to me is that you have this, I'm just thinking about this, you're down 3-0 in that series.
If you lose that game, it really for the organization, the Red Sox organization, it just feels like we came close in 2003. It's just not never going to happen. What do you remember about the feeling going into that game?
Well, I mean, there's the history of the rivalry. The year before, the Aaron Boone home run, and then game three was a blowout.
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Chapter 2: How did the 2004 Red Sox overcome a 3-0 deficit in the playoffs?
And no one had ever come back from 3-0. So you have all that history and storyline going into that game. But, you know, I sensed from the team that, you know, they're tired of losing to the Yankees. Let's pull off a miracle, obviously, what Kevin Millar was saying. And I think a lot of people felt that way.
And, you know, winning that game in dramatic fashion with Mariano Rivera on the mound flipped the momentum. But, you know, as sort of dire as it seemed, I think there was sort of a... You felt that way, really.
Yeah. Like, you remember feeling that way, like, we can do this.
Well... I, yeah, I mean, your brain says it's a tall hill, but I think, you know, given everything, given the state of the robbery, I mean, you know, we'd acquired Schilling and Falk going into that year. There was the fight mid-season. I mean, everything was at stake. we certainly weren't going to go down easily.
And I think that like the spirit of let's just win tonight and see where we go was probably like the here and now of that night. And then once we won, we got the momentum going and created some history.
What do you remember about the preparation going into that Yankee series? Obviously, like you said, you played them a bunch in the division. And I always loved like the scouting report stuff of, But what do you remember about going into that series playing the Yankees?
Well, you know, I would spend more time on their hitters. We knew them well. But, you know, Jason Veritech especially would want to go over every detail and make sure and, you know, review the game. And that's why game three it was sort of obviously they had a good night offensively, but they also hit pitches that we probably thought
They shouldn't be hitting, and it was just one of those nights, so we kind of washed it. And then on the pitching side, as the series went on, obviously we were using guys in different roles. Wakefield, all the way to Folk pitched a lot, Pedro out of the bullpen, and then Derek Lowe, and I think it sort of gets forgotten. He pitched on two days rest in game seven and pitched great.
So it was like both sides of the ball. It was just kind of a scramble to piece it together and win one game at a time.
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Chapter 3: What strategies were used to prepare for the Yankees series?
So he knew, and, you know, he was a great base dealer. I mean, that was the biggest one of his career, the biggest one in our – Maybe baseball history.
Not just fast, but a really good bass dealer. I was actually watching that stolen bass. Like you said, pop time. It was well executed.
Yeah. Yeah. And, you know, I mean, nowadays, I think a lot more goes into it. I mean, we, you know, just video and just the amount of information we can access. I mean, anything we can help a base runner with. I mean, this probably was not available as much 20 years ago. So, you know, he, again, some familiarity with Rivera and his times on the plate and what his move would be.
But it was a great stolen base at the most important time you could possibly, you know. When you're stealing and the other team knows you're going to steal, it's a little harder, but he got it done.
The last thing is, what do you... Does it feel... I mean, we're reminiscing, and there's stuff coming out about it and everything else, but does it... When you think about it, does it feel that way? No.
I mean, it... You know, I mean, I still, if I watch like a replay of anything involved with that postseason, I still get goosebumps. I mean, thinking about it still is like, there's a strong feeling I get. And even as we were going through it. You know, I think we knew. This was like one of the great sports stories of all time.
I mean, to break the 86-year drought, to beat the Yankees, to come back from 3-0. In the moment, we knew how big it was. So it was pretty cool. Awesome.
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