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Given all the energy they exerted and emotion they invested in beating the Yankees, it would be perfectly logical to suggest the Red Sox could have something of a letdown against the Cardinals.

And, according to several Boston players, absolutely wrong.

"I don't see it happening,"

closer Keith Foulke said.

"Just because the Yankees are gone doesn't mean our job is done. Every guy on the club is aware of that. I guarantee you we'll come out with as much or more intensity."

"There's not going to be an ALCS hangover like people think,"

pitcher Derek Lowe said.

"We're not New York and won 26 World Series and say, "Oh, well, here we go again.' It's been 18 years since we've been here. A lot of people think we're just happy to get here. No way. Guys realize we're four wins away from one of the greatest parades in the history of sports."

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