Fenway’s New God

Pica and I were following the Red Sox-Yankees game late this afternoon on our computers at work. Down 4-2, David Ortiz lead off the eighth inning with a home run, and the Sox tied it up with a sacrifice fly that inning. We then had to run to meet Nicole and Mike for dinner at Thai Nakorn; I left work just as the game was going into extra innings. Two hours later, we’re driving home from the restaurant and a quick trip to the coop. I turn on the radio to see if I can find out who won. Amazingly, the game is still going on! David Ortiz is at the plate, and Johnny Damon is on second. And David Ortiz singles home the winning run in the bottom of the 14th inning! This is just 22 hours after David Ortiz hit a two-run home run (at 1 in the morning Boston time) to win yesterday’s game in the 12th.

I think tonight’s was the longest game by time (5 hours 49 minutes) in postseason history. Apparently the blimp overhead had to fly home before the game was over because it was out of fuel.

After the game, Pica talked to Doc Roc. Loyal Red Sox fan that she is, Doc Roc might be interested in hunting down something like this.