Terry Francona

" Welcomes your network's studios and welcomed the Herb Chambers Toyota pregame show my name is John -- The Red Sox are in Kansas City this evening for the first of four with the Royals that is stop number two of a three stop ten game ten day road trip. Boston grabbed all three games from Baltimore over the weekend this evening. That a -- Tim Wakefield opposite lefthander Lenny DiNardo. I'm now to check in with the manager Terry Francona is brought to you by -- OT Terry Francona screen T of choice. Here's Dave O'Brien John thank you very much it's on to Kansas City team have been a long time since the Red Sox have played here going back to last season. It made a lot of changes to this."

" Ballpark you know what this Losman nice place -- itself on baseball poised to play baseball games. It's hard to imagine it wasn't out muscled and Shea Stadium where are younger than Tuesday. And now they've redone to boot it's beautiful it's. If it's beautiful. They just -- clean. Games are fun to play here welcome all. Do you have faith that one days they're gonna get competitive again because as you sit for a long time they were so much fun to watch when they had. You know George Brett almost erode some kind of teams -- I think. People it may -- are my age don't remember that. They have some they have some talent and the minor league system. -- boy they were -- were fun to watch out while the young -- come in the big leagues and we used to go over employment spring training numbers speak fascinated with. No -- that group -- guys fully completed. Did they influence you both as a player and eventually as a manager. With their style of play. You know they were you when -- hers look came over here they were denouncing those type of you know aggressive. But they played horror. You know Frank White -- George Brett. That group of players and can be anybody's are working George Brett -- of baseball. That's the way it's supposed to be I mean you know I don't know people have a kind of talent like a swing. But he hit it and grunt and Ron it was hard not so respectable -- and four."

" You've got Tim Wakefield back on the mound it tell me what you expect Tito about week this evening and you know do you think he'll be able live devious six or seven innings they've level of this say yeah I don't know -- we really know that. Won't keep it close on him I don't. Think the problem's going to be get outs I think it's more of we gotta keep an eye on him physically if fiesta or for multiple times housing rebound. How long does he rest in between innings house be able to go back out cold people close on it was a monster I was doing. You have to do in your position kind of combat a guy's heart with what he's able to do -- given night. Do all the good thing is -- really been good about communicate with us the war we don't question his heart or desire or ability squad -- We just wanna do the right thing for him for the team and try to balance that out that's not always existing. Let's talk a little bit about what's going on behind the scenes some some quiet moves how much -- sheets is out local which gave the club a little bit of a lift there one point. The youngster what's the status of number and we've."

" What she needs you on the sixty day disabled list and what happened is a couple weeks back he'd he'd tweaked a -- cover first. We have stayed away from him for the last what total of miserably. It's also get the point here where you know what he's come along ways they'll look forward to. So we were trying to be very very cautious. We feel and -- jaunts early guys have talked last week. Analysts we were absolutely sure we were knocking a pitching. And so we've talked today sixty day DL him. That allows us to bring Chris Woodward back. The reason the demos in the necessitated. -- because nick green is back in Boston. Never we we talked about that dead legs or whatever have you heard it. He need that needs to be explored further get a bunch of tough today and I think they think -- disk related on this but actually will stay in Boston for next few days or Scott walk. And who kind of read. Or see where he isn't a couple days."

" that it adds a little bit more courageous as I guess if not to overshoot it. That it bat that he had against the Angels like as he says boy it was a hard just to stand up."

" It was obvious when he went first it was horrible and then that we can have a move to make. And we also battled the -- something to do. But again and I don't think you know. Maybe the average person doesn't quite understand these guys they do go through life and sometimes. It hurts. Taylor knows my foot forward and be around a lot foursome is back gives out. There's just no relief and sort parts we gotta get him we got -- we could do formal we really don't know yet you'll be looked up next couple days."

" And I guess this applies to Tim Wakefield and recently -- with the back spasms -- such a high degree professionalism. They wanna go one compete no matter what no matter how they -- agree that. I think some of that Davis image there's you know with the this. In this day and age or baseball with television and there and we play a lot of my games and with the with the wave division is is set up to travel there's a lot of flights. After Vikings I think that leads. Two guys backs tightening up not to work out pretty well we we -- first classes or is it's just the reality of today's game. Final question -- how about Daisuke in -- you feel about his performance yesterday he said not as strong maybe is it was the six innings against the Angels which you have to be very pleased and I agree that assessment. I -- about slider shows some go once I thought initials on the world okay. I think the more he pitches. And I think this is what's excited exciting us is the more he pitches I think we -- get better. Not the other way which is what we're seeing earlier in your clothing that's wells. Do you go thanks good luck with the rain tonight forecasters -- so here for game one in my beer for awhile things mister Francona lets us back to John Rich."

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