BOSTON -- Chris Sale had pitched in Fenway Park before. Six times, to be exact, over the past seven seasons with the Chicago White Sox. Seven, actually, if you count a relief appearance in the Cape Cod League All-Star Game as an amateur in 2009.
But he never experienced anything quite like what awaited him when he got to the bullpen before the game Wednesday night.
"I noticed when he was warming up, he would stop a couple times and just look around," Boston Red Sox pitching coach Carl Willis said.