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David, the clincher in Houston, obviously, was a big day for the Red Sox, but also a big day for you personally.

You've mentioned some of the narratives that you've been responsible for. Have the day since then seemed a little bit lighter for you, different at all? Do you feel a little relieved? Do you feel better? How would you describe it?

I guess lighter is a good word, yeah, um, yesterday we had media day.

I didn't have to, uh, I got to look forward to it for the first time in a long time.

Um, today, you know, it's, um, it's definitely, uh, you know, weight lifted off of me for sure.

Um, not like food tastes better or anything like that, but it's, it was time.

And, you know, I'm definitely glad that the time came and we moved past it.

And, you know, I look forward to doing the same thing tomorrow.

That was David Price price yesterday heading in tonight's start world series game two i loved his answer i love the honesty there and sort of the just he's not fighting it anymore he's not

defensive anymore you know he could easily still be taking the tact of, I've won in the postseason,

they just haven't been starts. And I've pitched one in the postseason, I just wasn't lucky enough to get the win. So I didn't feel like I had anything to prove. You know, he could easily, like, I mean, would it surprise you if he was stubborn about it? No, of course not.

And that if you were stubborn about it, it would, to me, be a troubling sign.

Like, you don't even think anything was wrong, pal.

Like, well, that's not.

So, like, I just like his whole, the way he carries himself on that question now. I think it's just such a good sign. It feels like he's in a good place. And so that's just a little thing that has me encouraged for him tonight, if I'm a Red Sox fan, on side it is the weather he's not good with the with the cold and he is the rain odds or whatever the carpal

tunnel rain odds fortnight itis whatever he's got it's all of the above right like there's an issue

there with the cold and uh tonight's gonna be worse than last night yeah no listen to me it's one of

the things that concerns me about this game is price's ability to handle that because you know he's not a

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