6 in the 7th

Mel profiles July 28th, the Yankees vs the Red Sox at Fenway

"Maybe I should break the channel changer more often"-me after the 7th inning

It was the last game of this tumoltous series vs the Yankees. This was the deciding game of who won THIS series. On Friday, Pedro Martinez got screwed over by Questec's system and the Red Sox ended up stomaching a tough loss vs the Yankees. On Saturday, David Ortiz singled in the winning run to win the game for the Red Sox. Tonight's game was even weirder. It had seemed to act like two different games. It was broadcasted on ESPN during the night. I spent my time sitting on the couch watching Derek Lowe and Jeff Weaver. Though it didn't help that Rick Sutcliffe was the color commentator, that Yankee humper.

Right picture: Tek was one of the heroes of the game

Jeff Weaver looked absolutely unstoppable during the game. It scared the crap outta me. The Red Sox were held hitless until the 4th inning when Todd Walker got a single. Derek Lowe was somewhat decent, but very human looking. Jason Giambi took him deep in the 1st, and it didn't stop there. Derek Lowe was charged with three runs, and was on the hook for the loss at the time. The Red Sox tried EVERYTHING in their power to try to score, but nothing seemed to get through Weaver. It seemed as if somebody was just shitting on the Red Sox all day. I spent that time just sighing frustratingly at the game. My dad, whom I was watching the game with, went to bed. He couldn't take it. I kept watching thinking something could happen. My older sister got frustrated at my sighing and my frustration. She never understood why I liked baseball or anything of that matter. My mom sympathized to an extent. It was now at the end of the 6th inning. The Yankees were leading 3-0. My sister started to yell at me when I was sighing frustratingly. I opted to go downstairs, since I didn't want to bother my sister and mom, though they took it the wrong way. It was at the top of the seventh by the time it really boiled over.

My sister started to yell at me over my ongoing shouts and sighs of frustration. She began to make fun of me and calling baseball a "worthless game". It had been a while since I had lashed out at her and I couldn't take it. As she went downstairs, I took the channel changer in my hand and chucked it at her. It didn't hit her though, it hit the wall and smashed into a bunch of pieces. My mom yelled at me to go to bed, and I just calmly went into my room to twiddle my thumbs. Afterwards, I went to wake up my dad to tell him about it. I said to him "I broke the channel changer, go ahead and beat the shit outta me". I was only joking, in a sense. He woke up with that and ended up fixing that channel changer. He then turns to me and says "Mel, calm down. And you-stop instigating her!" towards my sister. My sister then rants about me taking it too seriously. My dad defended me by saying I was a fan, and a passionate one at that. I ended up calming down and watching Fossum close out the seventh. Then it all changed. In the bottom of the 7th inning...

Johnny Damon is the other hero of this game

"As soon as Jason hit his homer, we knew we were a home run away. It definitely gave a lot of life to this team"-Johnny Damon on Tek's HR(taken from ESPN.com)

Right at this time, as the bottom of the 7th began, it seemed as if all was lost. But don't ever count out the 2003 Boston Red Sox, no matter what is the score. The inning started out with a strike out by Kevin Millar, making it only one out. The next batter was Trot Nixon. Trot showed patience and took a walk. After Trot came up Bill Mueller, whom ended up scaring the living daylights out of the fans by getting hit by a pitch. Around that time was where Weaver was showing a little wear and tear. Torre took him out to bring out Chris Hammond. This became the Red Sox' luckiest break and Torre's dumbest move. Jason Varitek was the batter, a switch hitter. Since Hammond is a lefty, Varitek switched over to the right side. After a 1-1 count, Varitek swings at the ball. It is SMOKED over the Green Monster seats! HOME RUN HOME RUN!!!!!! TIE GAME!!!!! At this time my dad and I were screaming for the ball to go. We celebrated with a high five to each other. In the clubhouse, according to MLB.com, relief pitcher Ramiro Mendoza predicted the outcome of that AB by Varitek before it even happened. At my house, my dad and I were freaking out. Just when it couldn't have gotten any better, it did. Johnny Damon came up to bat. He is a lefty hitter, but tended to do better against lefty pitchers. After working the 3-2 count, Damon sends the ball over in right field!!!!!!!!!! HOME RUN!!!!!!!! BACK TO BACK!!!!!! RED SOX UP 4-3!!!!!! UNBELIEVABLE!!!!! But then again, what is believable if they do this multiple times? Soon enough Yankee pitching was looking horrid. After Damon's HR, Hammond was yanked out and Armando Benitez was put in. Todd Walker, the next batter, singled and Damian Jackson was put in. He got to second base thanks to an error by Soriano. Nomar then grounded out making it 2 outs. And Manny was intentionally walked. Now up was David Ortiz. Dominican Yaz, Mo Vaughn II, Star of David, the nicknames go on. There's an interesting stat that whenever Manny is intentionally walked, Ortiz tends to get a hit. You can count on that happening now. Ortiz blasts it into right field. It just misses a home run. Jackson and Manny both score and Ortiz ends up with a triple!!! 6-3!!!!!!!! WOW!!!!!!!! Could you believe that?!  After intentionally walking Millar, Trot pops out to end the inning. Now the Red Sox had the Yankees by the balls....how great was this?! Then it came down to the bullpen to hold the line.

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