HOUSTON - Inside the training room of the visiting clubhouse at Minute Maid Park during Game 1 of the World Series, friends kept dropping by to apologize to Charlie Morton for his misfortune. His response to them, and to others who reached out and wished him well after a comebacker broke his leg during the first game of the 117th World Series, was the same: "I'm sorry."
The guy who wore a 102-mph shot off his right fibula in the second inning was sorry. The guy who worked through the pain to face three more batters - and retire all of them - was sorry.