Fightin' at Fenway

It sounds like they played one helluva game last night in Boston. I only caught the last three innings or so on the radio, so I can't make any real comment about the festivities, except to say that the Boston radio commentators seemed to echo the thoughts of almost every article I've read today: if this rollercoaster of a game doesn't light a fire under the Red Sox, then nothing will. However, Beth, as ever, has a great take on the game.

It doesn't seem to matter what the situation is - Yankees / Red Sox is always going to guarantee great entertainment. I'm glad about that, because the next time the two clubs meet is in September, and I have tickets to see them. Okay, so the chances of my trip to the US actually materialising are fairly slim, but do I have the upper-deck tickets for September 19, so that's at least half the battle. If you're even vaguely interested in the happiness of an English baseball fan stranded 4,000 miles from major league games, keep your fingers crossed that I can find a way to make the trip happen...

Footnote: Just a thought on Friday night's game. A-Rod came through with the game-winning hit in the ninth and had this to say:

"When the game ended, I felt like that was my first official big hit to make me a Yankee," Rodriguez said. "It felt pretty good."

However, I'm just wondering how many Yankee fans were just as pleased to see him go head-to-head with Varitek last night. I don't have the stats to hand, but A-Rod doesn't strike me as the kind of guy who gets ejected a lot (if anyone does have the stats, please let me know, as I'd be interested in seeing them), so for him to do so whilst 'defending the colours' of the Yankees is a pretty symbolic act.