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AL DIVISION SERIES: RED SOX v INDIANSOctober 9, 1999Brian DaubachBOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS: Game Three Q. Did hitting the ump on the back of the head with the bat loosen you up at all? BRIAN DAUBACH: A little bit. Mike Stanley told me make sure I go ahead and swing now after hurting the umpire. I never did that before. Actually it made me laugh a little bit and maybe helped ease my mind a little bit, I don't know. I made contact for the first time in the series. Q. I was going to say, how was it to make contact for the first time? You really have been struggling. BRIAN DAUBACH: I haven't had a ton of at-bats, only 0-4. Starts getting a little bit mental. I got a pitch I could handle. Luckily it went on and we won the game. Our backs are against the wall and every game is a must-win right now. Q. Brian, what was everyone's reaction to learning that Nomar wouldn't play today? Talk about that a little bit. BRIAN DAUBACH: I mean obviously when you lose a superstar like Nomar, it's going to affect you a little bit. But I think Lou did a great job today. He got a couple hits, got a big walk to start off that rally and, you know, we've had a lot of injuries all year. We just had other guys pick up the slack. Today was no different. Q. When you got the home run, you started hitting out to centerfield or were you looking at that camera placement at all? Did you say this could go either way? BRIAN DAUBACH: Off the wall or off -- Q. For the one that the ball was called a home run. BRIAN DAUBACH: I was running hard. I knew it was going to be close. I was hoping it would get off the wall because I wasn't sure it was a home run for sure. It was close. And, you know, just to the right of the Monster, so it was kind of a lucky home run maybe. But I'll take it right now at this point. Q. You struggled a little bit towards the last half of the season. Did you ever begin to doubt yourself? BRIAN DAUBACH: I don't know if I doubted myself, but sometimes you just press a little bit mentally, and it wasn't about doubting; it's just you just got to try to stay positive. Jimy Williams is the best manager as far as he won't let people get negative. I might have been down a little bit but today's a big lift for sure. Q. Do you think that mentality Williams was a factor in helping Valentin stay positive after what he's gone through in this series? BRIAN DAUBACH: I'm not sure Val in particular, but I think the whole team. We've had so many injuries this year. You look at guys that aren't expected to do a whole lot, keep stepping up. For sure myself, nobody heard of, Jason Varitek, Trot Nixon, he was struggling at the beginning of the year. Just to keep positive with him. Look at the year he's had now. A lot to do with the younger guys, keep them positive, keep them going in there. He keeps giving you chances. Q. Brian, how much confidence do you guys have in Kent Mercker? BRIAN DAUBACH: A lot. He's pitched well ever since we got him. So if he can go out there tomorrow and give us six or seven innings again, we'll take our chances. If somehow we get to Cleveland, Game 5, you never know what can happen. End of FastScripts…. |
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