After talking mostly about the Red Sox' 17-8 win over the Angels Monday night at Fenway Park, second baseman Dustin Pedroia asked for one last audience to relay a message. "To the fans of New England," he began ...

“Everybody can be [expletive] happy when you’re [expletive] 30-1, but what is everybody going to do when we’re 12-14? Are you going to show up to work the next day and write an [expletive] story? Hell no. You’re going to write the best story of your life. We’re going to try and play the best [expletive] game of our life tomorrow. That’s what you’ve got to do when you’re 12-14. Don’t put your head down and mope. Grind it out. You believe. That’s what we’re built on.”