Last night, George Noble, Terry Brown, Mike Shumaker and I headed into Boston and scalped four standing-room-only seats for the Red Sox vs. Mets game. After swallowing some cheesesteaks and slices, we slid into some empty seats along the first base line, and nobody ever came to kick us out!
George Noble, Yours Truly, and Terry Brown (with small, medium, and large heads)
For the first five innings it was a pitchers' duel, with Boston's Curt Schilling and New York's Tom Glavine both pitching well. This was the first time two 200-career-win pitchers had faced off in Fenway since 1978!
Schilling pitching last night
It was 2-2 going into the 7th, and the Red Sox laid down a series of successful bunts, setting up their third run. That's what is referred to as Small Ball!
Here's when we started to realize we had picked an unusually exciting game to attend! Rock-solid Kevin Youkilis drove in Coco Crisp in the 7th to make it 3-2, and then, with the Mets' tying run on base, Coco Crisp made what will go down as one of the great diving catches in baseball history. Mike Timlin was pitching, hoping to preserve the win for Schilling, and David Wright smacked one into deep center. Coco came out of nowhere, running flat-out, soared through the air, and plucked it out of the air. I've never seen somebody jump that far and high at the same time. Terry Francona, the Red Sox manager, said "I don't think I've ever seen a better play".
Coco Crisp's amazing catch
Next inning, Big Papi hit his 200th career homer to make it 4-2. Fenway was going crazy!
David Ortiz hits his 200th last night
Needless to say, our ace closer Jonathan Papelbon came in, as usual, and sent the last three Mets packing in a few minutes.
The extraordinary Jonathan Papelbon last night
It was quite a breathtaking way to witness the Sox win their 12th straight!
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