Yankees Taunt Sox

Man I wish I hadn't seen the 9th inning last night. Before going into my first shift as a night security guard at Powder Horn campgrounds, I listened to the first two innings and was relieved that I didn't have to suffer through the remainder of the game. Matsuzaka, after pitching brilliantly in his previous start, gave up 5 runs in the 1st and another in the 2nd, and the Sox were trailing 6-1 in what looked like the makings of an embarrassing blowout.

A few hours of training and getting lost in a golf cart and I was back in the main office where my boss was watching the game on a flat screen tv which was perched abnormally high on the east wall of the room. At first I was surprised to see Papelbon on the mound, and figured that they must have really exhausted the bullpen. Imagine my surprise when I noticed the score was 9-7 Boston and it was the bottom of the ninth.

Needless to say, that didn't last.

Like I said, I wish I hadn't seen it, but I did. Double by the speedy Gardner, Teixiera's deep fly out to right that moved Gardner to third, homer on a straight-as-an-arrow guileless fastball to A-Rod, Cano flies out, that giant helmeted catcher gets hit by a pitch (why didn't he just hit A-Rod and pitch to Cano and Cervelli?!!?) and then Marcus Thames, who always plays exceptionally well when I'm watching, ended the game with a walk-off four-bagger to left.

I really wish I hadn't seen that.