Rockies won't be intimidated by Fenway Park

When he threw five shutout innings against them in June, Jeff Francis became only the third lefthander in the past five years to beat the Red Sox in Fenway Park without allowing a run.

1. Interleague play sapped a little bit of the buzz from this World Series, with the Rockies having played in Fenway Park in June, winning two out of three while handing Josh Beckett his first loss of the season. At their Tuesday workout, the Rockies looked nothing like the Padres at Yankee Stadium on the eve of the 1998 World Series. The Padres snapped pictures, shot videotape and toured Monument Park. By the time they rubbed the stars out of their eyes, they were flying back home down two games to none.

"Obviously, the stakes are a little bigger this time," Colorado GM Dan O'Dowd said, "but it really helps a young team like ours to have been here before: to know the hitting background, how the field plays, the environment. ... This is a confident team."