Up seven runs in the seventh with two outs , it seemed like the Boston Red Sox had about as much chance of winning as Viva Laughlin had of staying on TV.
But somehow, someway, the Sox pulled out an improbable comeback to win Game 5 of the ALCS 8-7. Just when Big Papi started to look like Jerry Johnson from Little Big League, he swats a 3-run bomb into the right field seats. All those balls that the seemingly inpenetrable Rays outfield ran down, somehow dropped on the Fenway grass. And leave it to J.D. Drew, he of the Tin Man Syndrome (no heart), to give the Sox a clutch homer and the game winning hit.
This loss is devastating for the Rays. They were seven outs away from the World Series. Seven outs! For a team this young and inexperienced, losing this series will feel like getting dumped by your high school sweetheart for the douche bag on the lacrosse team with crabs. If they end up blowing the series, it will surely go down as one of the all-time great collapses in sports history.
But there are still two games to play. The Rays need only one win. Their entire season has been about proving everyone wrong. They have to do it at least one more time.
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