Emotional comeback for Red Sox
BOSTON -- The Red Sox arrived at Fenway Park on Sunday with the sole mission of making sure it was not their last baseball game of the season. Little did they know what a daunting and exhausting mission it would be.

All the Sox had to do to stave off elimination -- not to mention a humbling sweep -- in this American League Championship Series against the Yankees was overturn a ninth inning deficit against Mariano Rivera, the most accomplished closer in the world.

Then they had to shut the Yankees down for another three innings. David Ortiz finally ended the madness, pummeling a Paul Quantrill pitch into the visitors' bullpen for a two-run homer in the bottom of the 12th inning.

Good for you, Sox. (And good for those folks who got rained out and had their tickets pushed back to today.) I woke up to watch the bottom of the ninth, but couldn't manage to stay awake for the rest. It was already midnight. Maybe we should start these games right at eight o'clock? (Helloooooo Fox Sports?)

Sure would be fun to have these guys come back and tie up the series...