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October 28, 2007
On Jacoby Ellsbury
''He's not overmatched. He's got talent. He hits offspeed pitches. He hits left-handers. There's a reason he was a number one pick. You could see that in spring training. He has a lot of confidence in his ability and he doesn't change his approach in the pressure of the (World Series) spotlight. He lets his talent do the work. He's going to be a real good player. We think the world of him.''
On stealing third base in the eighth, after he singled and was bunted to third in the eighth. He scored on a sacrifice fly, making it a 10-5 game
''My wheels? They try to turn. When you're safe you look a lot faster. If they're going to give you the base, you take it. They bunted me to second. It was a four-run game at that point, but a five-run lead is better than a four-run lead, especially in this park. That team can score runs in bunches.''
On Hideki Okajima getting out of the seventh without further damage after allowing a three-run homer that cut the Sox' lead to 6-5
''He didn't let (the homer) bother him. We needed to get out of that inning with a lead, and we did.''
On the Sox' approach being ahead, 3-0, needing to win only one more for the World Series title
''We have to show up with the same intensity we have had in the other games. Winning three games doesn't mean anything if you don't win the fourth. We have to approach this (Game Four) with the approach that (the Series) is 0-0. There's no reason for us to approach it any other way.''
-- STEVEN KRASNER
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