oooohhhh I am so excited!!!

The RED SOX won on Thursday night by coming back from the largest run deficit in 79 years in the postseason playoffs. Seventh inning rally and then comeback in the 9th made it official - there will be a Game 6 and the Tampa Bay Rays are not automatically headed to the World Series.

We (and yes, I mean We), have been scorched by this red hot, young, powerful Rays team and to be quite honest, after watching the 3 games we lost to the Rays, we deserved to lose. The Red Sox did not look like they belonged. They were playing horrible. We were stranding men on base, nobody was coming up clutch, and our pitching was just plain bad. We were walking the lead-off hitters, they were blowing us up with home runs and stealing bases.

But this kind of drama and entertainment, you can't find anywhere else. At 12:15 am on Thursday night, I was trying to hold it together, the suspense was killing me. Were we going to blow it in the last minute? All the hard work, preparation to get to that point, was riding on the line - talk about intense. When you have a season that lasts from April to October, every game DOES count. And this game was the most important. Now tonight's game is the most important, and if we win, the next will be just as much.

Can they do it? Can they come back AGAIN from a 3-2 series losing streak? Well, they did it in 2004 to break the curse of The Bambino; they did it last year, when they were down 3-0 against the Indians and took the next 4 games and then swept the Rockies in 4. It IS possible. Although, I have my doubts (like any Red Sox fan) that they will make it this year because of the injuries and players that can't play.....but does anyone remember the bloody sock!!?!?!?! We've dealt through injuries before, I am just not sure we have really seen a team as good as the Rays, even though I hate to admit it.

Tonight's the night. 8pm. Don't call, I won't pick up. I'll be watching MY Sox.