- From LA Times and MLB.com

"It's frustrating," Lackey said. "It's way different, this year from last year. They were better than us last year. They were not better than us this year. It's 100, 180 degrees different." "We lost to a team that's not better than us," "We are a better team than they are. The last two days, we shouldn't have given up anything."  "[Sunday] night they scored three runs on a pop fly that was called a hit, which was a joke," "[Monday] night they scored on a broken-bat ground ball and a fly ball that anywhere else in America is an out, and he's fist-pumping on second base like he did something great." Asked to describe his feelings, Lackey said, "Like I want to throw somebody through a wall."

- John Lackey

"I'm [ticked], I'm upset, this one's going to be with me for a while," Hunter said. "It doesn't feel good, because we're a better team than they are. But they're moving on."

- Tori Hunter

First of all thank you John Lackey for finally admitting that we were better than you guys last year. That was big of you. Because after we swept your asses I'll admit I still had some doubt. Anyway you got to admit that John Lackey does kind of have a point here.   I mean we did score a bunch of runs on balls that should have been outs and miscues and shit like that.    I wonder who the fuck was playing the field for Anaheim and letting this garbage happen?   Oh wait, the Angels were the ones in the field screwing everything up.    The way Lackey was talking I almost thought the Mariners were out there or something.   Seriously what is up with these California teams?   They just can’t take their whippings like a man.  First the Chargers and now the Angels.    Yeah, John you’re right.  This was a 180 degree turnaround from last year.  Last year you guys got swept and this year you won 1 fucking game.  Whoopdeedoo!!!!   And just in case you didn’t notice your team couldn’t fucking score a run off Jon Lester if their life depended on it.   I guess that doesn’t matter though right? Bottom-line is the Sox out pitched, out hit, and out fielded the Angels in virtually every game.   If that means Anaheim and their puffed up AL West record is a better team than us than so be it.  I hold no grudges for these comments. John Lackey can still be our #3 starter any day and I'd still take Tori Hunter as our 5th outfielder in a heartbeat.