WTF???

Yankees gain inspiration from ... '04 Red Sox?


It was 18 Octobers ago that Red Sox infielder Kevin Millar prowled the Fenway Park infield during batting practice for a seemingly decided American League Championship Series, warning anyone who would listen: “Don’t let us win tonight.”

Within the Yankees’ clubhouse walls, that could have easily happened this morning, because it did. A video recapping Millar’s speech, Dave Roberts’ stolen base and Boston’s comeback from an 0-3 ALCS deficit to topple, yes, the Yankees, was distributed among New York players and coaches before Sunday’s ALCS Game 4 at Yankee Stadium.

“We watched that video today,” manager Aaron Boone said. “We sent it out to all our coaches and are getting it out to all of our players. I think [the message is] just the belief that they had. They had confidence; you see Millar, ‘Don’t let us win one.’ Look, we still have time. We’re obviously now as far up against it as you can be and not in a great spot, but you can’t get ahead of yourselves, either.”

Boone said that the brief video was sent by Chad Bohling, the Yankees’ director of mental conditioning.


[www.mlb.com]