The playoffs were fast approaching and the Red Sox were doing all they could to stay ahead of the pack in the wild card race. The Yankees had all but locked up the American League East with their star-studded roster. The Sox ended the season with Wild Card champions, and had a tough match-up with the Oakland Athletics in a 5 game series. The Sox breezed through the wild card divisional round with a 3-1 series victory over Oakland. The Yankees also breezed through their match-up and that set up the all important American League Championship series for the league pennant and representing the American League in the World series.
And then it happened, maybe the wildest 9 days in baseball history. Game one of the seven game series ended in decisive fashion, with the Yankees winning. Game two was more of the same, with the Yanks coming out on top. Game three seemed to be the dagger in the hearts of Red Sox fans everywhere, a 19-8 loss which put the Sox in a 3-0 series hole, a deficit that no baseball team has ever come back from in history. But fans continued to have faith, and after the 19-8 loss, the real magic happened.
To keep a long story short, the Sox came back from the 3-0 lead and won the series 4-3. Those four games were marked with clutch baserunning in extra innings, walk off homeruns and hits by their slugger, David Ortiz, and a common belief that the impossible can be done. I could go on for days about this feat, but that is for another thing, like the documentary on ESPN's 30 for 30 titled, "Four Days in October."
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