Many times in baseball people down play the results of spring
training, managers do, players do, but you guys had a great
spring training. How important was it for you guys this year?
ANDY SONNANSTINE: I think it was really important. You know, we
came out and set the tone with a good record and came out and
really kind of bought into what Joe was selling. We were kind of
chuckling about the 9 = 8, but it really turned out to be true.
And as long as you have the key guys like Cliffy and Percival
backing it up, we all just kind of followed.  complete
postseason coverage You didn't get a chance to pitch a whole lot
against the Red Sox, but you had those two big starts in
September. I believe both were against Beckett, too. How much
did you kind of get up for those games in terms of pitching
opposite Beckett? And just how much is the tension of a low
scoring game like that where any pitch could be the difference
in your game at any time, how much does that feed into your
execution and just kind of feed into you