Boston Quotes

[In an article in the Boston Globe Tuesday, journalist and author Ross Gelbspan writes,] The hurricane that struck Louisiana yesterday was nicknamed Katrina by the National Weather Service. Its real name is global warming . ... Unfortunately, very few people in America know the real name of Hurricane Katrina because the coal and oil industries have spent millions of dollars to keep the public in doubt about the issue. - Ross Gelbspan

[Hardy] is unavailable right now and probably for Thursday's game [at Boston College] as well. Hopefully a week off will get her a little bit healed up. It's been going on probably close to a month now. It's been slowly getting worse and worse and worse. - Shawn Rychcik

[Damon, who is eligible for free agency, loves Boston, and suggested that he expects to be back. And yet . . .] I'm looking for five plus (years)... And I'm looking for a lot (of money). - Johnny Damon

[Damon didn't play in Boston's 6-5, 11-inning win over Toronto on Monday night. He has been playing with discomfort since injuring the shoulder on a slide against Baltimore on Sept. 4.] The report was as good as it could be, ... Structurally there is no damage. I think he bruised that area. He's got some swelling. - Terry Francona

[Colwell's reputation as a filmmaker has expanded beyond Mississippi.] Scott's the 'go to' guy for Between the Lions... The guys from Boston and New York were blown away by him. - Gene Edwards

[Boston's] pitchers are going to love them. They are two of the best. They know each other very well. You won't find too many better. I've often said Gonzo should have won a Gold Glove by now. Maybe he will win one in the American League. - Perry Hill

[Boston's offense] does wear on us, ... especially when you get two runs yourself and they get three or four more. - Chris Shelton

[Boston scored only eight runs in the three games against the A's and a total of 24 runs in their last eight. Jason Varitek's slump is at 4-for-41 and Damon's at 5-for-26.] I don't think you can score nine runs a game the whole year. ... It doesn't work like that. - Terry Francona

[Boston College is] not a [pushover] at all. Potentially, we could have been that team [this season], you never know. This conference is very tough. I know their players, and our players know their players. This is a team that was probably just as good as we were in the fall. There won't be an easy point played. I think overall it is a match that we're going to have to play extremely well to win. - Mark Guilbeau