Sox-Angels 2007 ALDS, Game 2

What a night. As BostonDirtDogs so perfectly put it, it was "Manny being Papi". He (and everyone at Fenway and watching at home) knew it was gone right off the bat, and even after seeing lots of replays I'm still not sure where it went.

I'll tell you this, though: Manny spent so much time at home with his arms up in celebration, admiring his bomb over the wall, it wouldn't surprise me in the least if he takes one in the ribs Sunday in Anaheim.

Besides the Manny shot that won the game, there were some other plays and happenings of note:

• Obviously Daisuke wasn't on point last night, and I think credit is due Terry Francona for taking him out when he did. We often hear people call up sports radio to complain about some move the manager made (or didn't make), and I think Tito deserves a tip of the cap for how he handled his pitching staff yesterday.
• J.D. Drew came up big in the 1st to drive in 2 runs early. Though finishing with only one hit on the night, he made it count. Finally.
• Mike Lowell got the sacrifice fly in the 5th to tie it up. As usual, Lowell came up big for the Sox in a clutch situation, and I really hope to see him stay here next season.
• One batter before Lowell in the 5th was Manny, who for all intents and purposes should have made the 2nd out in the inning on a foul pop fly first base side. One thing TLM and I didn't know about from where we were sitting in the bleachers was just how close (and subsequently pivotal) the play was. As the ball came down some guy behind us was yelling "Be a good fan. Be a good fan.", and in fact this kid (Danny Vinik) was. He JUST robbed Jeff Mathis of the catch.
• That play happened just in front of Steven King. Spooky? No, coincidence, but still of note.
• As Okajima was warming up on the mound, we all heard some dance song being played and it took us a bit to figure out what we were hearing. Eventually we heard something being spelled out and it wasn't long before we could figured out it was "O-K-A-J-I-M-A". That's right, Okajima has his own song. You can listen to it below, but be prepared, it gets stuck in your head for hours.