AL DIVISION SERIES: RED SOX v INDIANS

October 6, 1999

Jimy Williams

A. Mid-back strain is what I was told. I'm not a doctor, so that's what they told me.

Q. How did he do it, covering first?

A. No. He did it on the last pitch to Thome.

A. The old adage day to day, certainly is probably one we could use here, but we'll see how he is tomorrow, see what the doctors say is probably the best way to go at it.

A. No, none whatsoever, I really don't. It wasn't that cold. It's cold but I don't think it's that cold.

A. We have a team. We rebound. We have other good pitchers and we bounce back from other situations, challenges during the course of the season; so we come out here and play hard again tomorrow. See what happens. We've got Saberhagen going.

A. He mentioned that he had a problem in his back and so with that in mind, him saying something, because he never really says anything and he really likes to pitch, which we all know, he likes to pitch and compete, for him to say something, that meant something to us, so we felt we should react to his statement and make a change.

A. See, it's not his shoulder. Maybe to answer your question yes or no, I'd have to say yes.

A. He had four goose eggs up there. That's pretty good. I mean, it's a tough lineup over there, but I think that one pitch is probably what did it to him because his velocity fell off after that.

A. You know, pressure is the fear of failure. You've got to believe in yourself when you play this game. That's how we got here. There isn't any such thing like that in our clubhouse regardless of what happens. Saberhagen has pitched big games before and he's going to go out and compete the best he can tomorrow.

A. I think his wrist is okay.

A. Maybe more important, Thome took advantage of it. He got a big hit in a crucial situation. There are certain things that happen during the course of games that are part of the game. I've never seen anybody in my life ever try to make an error. They happen and unfortunately it hurt us. But Thome is the guy that deserves the credit.

A. His last pitch was 100. That's pretty impressive. This kid pitches hard out there. He really competed and from the standpoint of a big game, he helped his team win that game. You know, he knew who was pitching against him. To me, Lowe pitched outstanding for us, too, but he's a premier pitcher with that kind of stuff, that kind of arm.

A. You got to remember what I said about the questions, what if? We've got to wait. We've got to wait for the doctor and feedback from the young man himself. So it's really difficult for me to answer a question like that.