October 18, 2007
Psychological Warfare
I don't think I've ever seen anything like this before:
Country singer Danielle Peck, an Ohio native who used to date the Boston Red Sox ace, was scheduled to sing the national anthem and "God Bless America" on Thursday night for Game 5 of the AL championship series.
Beckett was set to pitch, with his team on the brink of elimination. Boston trailed the Cleveland Indians 3-1 in the best-of-seven series.
Peck was a substitute for Taylor Swift, another country star, who was originally slated to handle the singing duties.
"(Peck's) record company called and said she's got Ohio ties and we said, 'Perfect,"' Indians vice president Bob DiBiasio said...
DiBiasio said the Indians were unaware of the history between Beckett and Peck.
"An incredible coincidence," he said. "Honestly."
Uh-huh.
Beckett doesn't seem to have been too distracted:
8.0 IP 5 H 1 ER 1 BB 11 K
Posted by Papa-Lu at October 18, 2007 11:05 PM
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