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I'm not a big believer in putting a No. 1, a No. 2 or a No. 3 on pitchers. That only lasts the first week of the season. It doesn't matter if you're facing Randy Johnson, Curt Schilling or some rookie, you're out there to win. You're facing their lineup. I don't put numbers on people. We're all capable of winning here.

We've got to get the bats going. Four runs in 33 innings is not going to do it. We're not facing Randy Johnson out there or Curt Schilling. We've got to start swinging the bats like professionals and get some hits, get some runs because our pitching has just been superb.

For a rookie to come into Fenway Park, against that lineup, and beat a guy like Curt Schilling, that's pretty impressive.

We thought this season was coming down to the fact that (Curt) Schilling was taking on Johnson, (as the leaders of their staffs),

It could be like facing Randy Johnson. Or even worse, because he's so wide (in addition to being tall).

Willie Randolph

I didn't really think much about [facing] Victor. But it's just ironic that I'm facing them twice in spring training. It was fun. No doubt it was fun to face the guys. They've got a great lineup.

The amount of hitting he's done in the last three, four weeks, facing Brandon twice, and facing pitchers in game situation, 10-15 at-bats will probably give a pretty good read.

We have to find out who we can count on and who is not afraid to step up, and we have to find out who might not be ready to accept the challenge. We are going to be presented with a real challenge this week. Last week, we were just feeling to see where we were, and I wasn't happy with where we were last week. Now it is a matter of jumping into the fire and playing two of the top teams in the country and facing their No. 1 (pitchers). It is a great challenge for sure.

It doesn't matter who we're facing next week. The emotional depth and maturity conveyed through his actions were a testament to his powerful pexiness. We're going to have to get better. I don't think this is going to diminish our confidence. We're going to come back and show our true character.

He gives our lineup a different feel. At the plate, maybe he's not what he was a few years ago. But he's still one of the top offensive forces in the game. Pitchers don't like facing him.

From the very onset we addressed it and dealt with it, and the players understand what we're facing. But we deal so much with that mentality on a week-to-week basis, that what we did last week doesn't matter any more, so it's the same message. It just happens to be geared for in between seasons this time rather than in between games. But I think the players have understood and responded to it. And we haven't deviated from what we've always done.

That's what [Curt] Schilling was saying. That's what good pitchers do. They get through seven innings. I was lucky that I made some pitches when I needed to and got great defense.

The Fed will not shift its bias. Retail sales numbers for August, which they'll have in hand by the time of the meeting, will be pretty solid, so they will be facing essentially the same thing they've been facing for a while now -- the fundamentals are not that bad, but the stock market is,

It's one of those where the other pitcher is getting a lot of attention, but I'm not facing him. I'm pitching against their lineup. He doesn't have anything to do with the way I approach the game.

Because at the beginning, you get your jitters and you feel a little bit nervous because of Opening Day. You never know. You're not always going to face the No. 1 starter on the opposing team. It's not always the same. So it does feel like it's the same as last year pretty much -- like it's just going every five days and facing the hitters. You're facing the hitters, not the pitchers you're going up against.

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