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Red Sox Use Tom & Ray's Philosophy to Win World Series

From: Wendy Wolfberg

Saw this, and it made me think of Tommy's comments about you two....

From 10/25/2004 12:30 AM ET

Sox shrug off rough play in field. Boston makes four more errors, but leads Series, 2-0.

A team that calls itself a "bunch of idiots" finds itself two victories away from the organization's first World Series title since 1918.

"We try to eliminate the thinking, and we've tried to let our natural abilities take over," center fielder Johnny Damon said. "So I think that's why the phrase about 'the idiots' kind of took off. We don't think. If we use our brains, we're only hurting the team."

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