Thursday’s Mashup: John Farrell weighs in on Red Sox-Astros, says ‘these are two very good teams’

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AROUND THE WEB:

-- John Farrell was fired from his job as the Red Sox manager almost exactly one year ago and now he’s offering analysis on his former team for ESPN.

“When you look at the rotation of both these teams, (they’re) very talented (and) very deep,” Farrell said on SportsCenter after the Red Sox beat the Yankees to advance to the ALCS against the Astros. “ …These are two very good teams. They’re the best teams in the American League, maybe the best teams in baseball when you consider how thorough the roster is put together. They’re complete teams.”

John Farrell gets to talk about it pic.twitter.com/okuwogi55s

— Joe Giza (@JoeGiza) October 10, 2018

On his successor, Alex Cora, Farrell said his use of pitchers in the rotation and bullpen will make for an “interesting” series.

“It’s going to be interesting how (Cora) spreads the use of that rotation over the course of that series,” Farrell said. “He’s not afraid to use them out of the bullpen. Obviously, they have to take the starts, but this is going to be an interesting series.”

“I think the one thing that you take from this New York-Boston series is the tightness of the games, the toughness, (and) the stage in which these guys play on,” he continued. “They’ll walk into a league championship series against the Astros — a team that they’re well aware of; we got knocked out by the Astros a year ago — with a chance to redeem themselves.”

-- While the Red Sox were busy beating the Yankees on Tuesday night, Robert Kraft was busy hosting a private party featuring a show headlined by Paul McCartney.  

McCartney played songs including Hey Jude and Band on the Run for 300 guests at Gillette Stadium.

Paul McCartney fez um show secreto no Gillette Stadium em Foxborough, Massachusetts (09/10)--: little_crae & ndusso17 pic.twitter.com/CDo3eLZnoC

— Beatles Brasil (@portalbeatlesbr) October 10, 2018

And the media at Gillette noticed his arrival.

Trying to get back to media work room at Gillette. Im aggravated we get stopped by security. Next thing I know Sir Paul McCartney comes flying by in a golf cart. Gives us a wink and a -- All if sudden my troubles seemed so far away--  made us think, best Beatles song? pic.twitter.com/0EEC0IA5YR

— The Camera Guys (@NBCSCameraGuys) October 9, 2018

McCartney last performed in in Foxboro on July 24, 1990 at Foxboro Stadium.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I just try to be the best I can be every single week, do my job every single week. The rankings and all that, the comparisons, all that, I’ll just leave that up to you guys, whatever you guys say. But I just try to do my best. I think he’s a great player and I’ve just got to worry about what I can do to help out the team.” -- Rob Gronkowski, on whether he or Travis Kelce is the best tight end in the NFL