As if his performance wasn't grand enough, Terry Francona also admitted that he was seriously considering using Drew as a pitcher, if it had come to that...
“He might have been a little more of an MVPer if we went a couple more innings.He might have pitched,” AL manager Terry Francona of the Red Sox said. “He’sbeen begging me a long time to pitch, and we almost got close.”
“After it started to come to fruition, I was a little bit nervous to be honest with you,” Drew said. “I would have thrown some stuff up there. I got a little sneaky stuff here and there. I don’t know if I would have got anybody out.
“It wouldn’t have been anything pretty, that’s for sure.”
Despite, going to 2-4 with the game-tying home run, Drew and the Red Sox were predictably booed on a regular basis last night.
“It was brief to say the least. It was a little weird. I heard about it when I got back out to right field, for sure,” Drew said. “Then as the game went along, I think they forgot that I hit a home run and it picked up again.”
Drew was able to shrug off the boos, but Jonathan Papelbon took them to heart, specifically because his wife was in attendance.
"The whole shebang was messed up. My wife was really upset. We got threats, everything. I wish I hadn't taken her."
Papelbon's pre-game comments about wanting to close the game over Mariano Rivera didn't help, but even amidst all their Yankee hype, ESPN commentators admitted that the New York crowd was taking it too far.
"Brutal," he said the NY Daily News' coverage. "They missed the point I wastrying to make. What kind of closer would I be if I didn't want to close? But Isaid I was willing to step aside."
Fenway West has more words from Papelbon regarding the NY Daily News article.
Finally, Dan at Red Sox Monster wonders if all this booing may have reignited a fading Red Sox/Yankees rivalry.
So, to recap:
Manny, Youkilis and Pedroia combined to go 0-5 with 2 K's and a walk. Tek caught an inning, but was Navarro hit for him an inning later. Drew was the MVP. Papelbon gave up the tying run in the 8th, thanks to a bad throw from Navarro, who was trying to catch Tejada stealing
And somehow, Terry Francona made it through this All-Star Game without dying of a heart attack, stroke or Yankee mob.
A special thanks to Dan Uggla and his 3 "uggly" errors... and to Justin Morneau, who probably had the best break ever, winning the HR Derby, scoring on Drew's HR, and then finally scoring the winning run on Young's sac fly.
Strong work Justin.
Bottom Line: The AL won again, and I think it's fitting that Tito and the Red Sox should enjoy home field advantage after all the work he put in last night. We may need Millsie to step in and give Tito an extra day of rest, cause that was ridiculous.
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