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Oct. 19 Terry Francona postgame interview
- Updated: October 20, 2016
TERRY FRANCONA: Before we take questions, I just really wanted to congratulate the Blue Jays. Gibby, Ross, Mark, I mean, not only did they have a phenomenon year, but they’re phenomenal people and first class people. And just wanted to say that because they had a heck of a year.
Q. I wanted to ask you, how satisfying is this, or maybe that’s not an appropriate way to phrase it? Clearly it’s satisfying. But considering what happened to your starting rotation going into the series, for your ballclub to make it all the way to the World Series?
TERRY FRANCONA: When the game starts it really doesn’t matter what happens. Nobody is going to feel sorry for yourself. They’re not going to give us an extra run or an extra out. But I’d be lying if I didn’t say that watching Ryan Merritt go out and do what he did, the only person that really got in his way was me. And I thought that he had gotten us to a point where the bullpen could take over. But what he did was above and beyond his years.
Q. Reasonably …
