The emphasis? That's all ours. The phrase "Ben Affleck [saw/watched] his beloved Red Sox lose to the Cleveland Indians?" That would be courtesy of a certain two-timing publicist—and a demonstrable lack of effort on the part of two of the country's premiere gossip columns.

From the NYDN:

First-time director Affleck ducks out of his movie's premiere. Ben's nerves? 'Gone.' Gone Baby Gone" could have described first-time director Ben Affleck, who ducked out of the film premiere Tuesday to watch his beloved Red Sox lose to the Cleveland Indians. (Boo-hoo, right?)

From the NYP:

SECONDS before the lights dimmed at the Cinema Society's screening of "Gone Baby Gone," the director, Ben Affleck, was, well, gone. "I'm going to go watch the game," we heard him whisper just before he slipped out of the packed IFC Center to see his beloved Red Sox lose to the Cleveland Indians.

Looks like the Red Sox aren't the only ones having a crappy week.