Je suis très heureux de retrouver un francophone au sein d'une équipe des ligues majeures, mais Russel Martin "en rajoute une couche" sur les malheurs des Red Sox. Il souhaite contribuer à les exclure des séries de fin de saison! Un Yankee qui déteste les Sox, c'est de bonne guerre et ça annonce beaucoup d'intensité pour le match de ce soir! En saison régulière les Sox ont une fiche de 11 victoires et 4 défaites contre New York.
"Facing the Red Sox , even in a race to the postseason, often makes players dance around questions. Not so for Russell Martin.
“Anything to get the Red Sox out,’’ the Yankees catcher said yesterday before facing the Rays. “That would be awesome for me.’’
Why?
“I hate the Red Sox,’’ he said. “They are fun to play against because they have a quality team and they’re gritty and they play hard and stuff. But I’d love to see them lose.’’
Martin, who was a free agent last offseason, was considered by the Red Sox, though they were wary of his injury history. He signed with the Yankees, and has been an excellent acquisition.
Perhaps that has played into his disdain for the Sox. That, or Martin has really bought into the rivalry.
“I guess it just comes with the territory,’’ he said. “When you wear the pinstripes, you just kind of learn to be that way, I guess.
“They gave us a hard time all year, but I don’t think we’re scared of them or anything. We’ll see what happens.
“If we play them [in the playoffs], we play them. We’ll just have to beat them.’’
The Yankees have a chance to play spoiler with both the Red Sox and Rays, facing Boston in three games this weekend at Yankee Stadium before heading to St. Petersburg, Fla., to end the season with three games against the Rays. The Yankees lost to Tampa Bay here last night, 15-8, finishing a four-game series"
http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2011/09/23/spoiling-for-fight/CevqqF0xhI9tL1CdmcUcRI/story.xml
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