“Without question, chapel attendance among the Red Sox has been far and away more than any of the major league teams over the last two years.”
Vince Nauss
“As with all good New Englanders, your solemn duty was to love the Boston Red Sox.”
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Ken Perrotte
“If anything prepares you to be president, it's being a Red Sox fan.”
Senator John Kerry
“[Could Johnny Damon envision himself in Yankees pinstripes?] I know what I mean to the Red Sox, and I would love to end my career here, ... I can't even think about it until I'm out of a Red Sox uniform.”
Johnny Damon
“[Johnny Damon , the Red Sox' center fielder who is in the final year of his contract, said he and his agent are waiting to hear from the team to begin talks on a contract extension.] I'd like to finish up my career here and get locked up for a long time, ... I know it's always been Red Sox policy to wait until after the season, but that can get hairy. I don't want to be looking over my shoulder at the All-Star break and thinking, 'OK, what's going on here.' ”
“has calluses older than McCann. The kid was 83 days old when Clemens broke in with the Red Sox. He was still in diapers when Clemens won his first Cy Young Award (1986). He went through puberty and had already discovered the joys of being a young man laboring in Rome and Myrtle Beach by the time Clemens had Nos. 2-7.”
Brian McCann
“We're never going to have the revenue that the Yankees or the Red Sox or the Cubbies or the Dodgers have. Year in and year out, they can just wear you down. So the only way we can compete with them is to be smarter (and) a little more agile.”
John Moores