Boston fought the Monkey and the Monkey lost

What a rollercoaster last night’s game was. After stumbling out of the gates and watching Boston take the lead, you could feel the twisting in the pit of your stomach. The crowd was out of it: not quite a funeral procession or a Cub’s game, but close. To make matters worse Tori Hunter did his best imitation of Bill Gramatica, and injured his knee.

Then the Angels started chipping away, the momentum was turning. The Rally Monkey was released putting the crowd into a frenzy like fat kids on chocolate cake, and finally the game was tied at 5. You felt nothing would go wrong and finally the Angels would pull one out. Then it was mano y mano, my closer vs. your closer, let the stare down begin. Well not only did K-Rod blink, I’m quite sure his eyes haven’t even opened yet. Drew hit the 2 run jack in the 9th and it was game over. Now it’s 3 straight or we’re out.