Comeback kings reign again as Sox head back to Series

Sox 11, Cleveland 2
Sox win series, 4-3

WP: Matsuzaka (1-1)
LP: Westbrook (1-1)
HRs: BOS-Pedroia (1), Youk (2)

The Boston Red Sox overcoame another seemingly insurmountable ALCS deficit to capture the American League pennant for the 2nd time in four years, and Game 1 of the World Series will be played Wednesday night at Fenway.

I repeat, Game 1 of the World series will be Wednesady night at Fenway.

I, like much of the Nation, am in no condition to properly recap this one, but in a nutshell here's what happened:

-Boston scored single runs in each of the first three innings, but also grounded into double plays in three of the first four frames, keeping the game close

-Daisuke Matsuzaka made the early 3-0 lead hold up with five solid innings of work, allowing two earned runs on six hits with no walks and three Ks

-Dustin Pedroia was the star of the game with three hits including a homer and five RBIs, and Kevin Youkilis was right behind him with a three hits and two ribbies including a mammoth 2-run homer

-Numerous costly miscues and unlucky breaks on Cleveand's side seemed to doom the Tribe from the start, including bad bounces, bad calls, and menatl and physical errors

-Hideki Okajima and Jonathan Papelbon combined for four innings of scoreless relief, with Paps coming in with two on and no outs in the eighth and escaping that jam and then going on to close out the win in the ninth

-Boston broke open a 5-2 game one inning after Kenny Lofton failed to score from second on a double when the Sox scored six runs in the bottom of the eighth, the big blow being Youk's Monster shot that made the score 11-2

-Josh beckett won the ALCS MVP award for his brilliance in Games 2 and 5, the latter of which allowed the Sox to make it to this glorious Game 7.

The Sox won the last three games of the series by a combined score of 30-5, and now will face the hottest team in baseball, the Colorada Rockies, in a World Series that will feature everything from a huge contingent of Japanese media to the probability of snow flakes on the field during the games.

But who the fuck cares about that now.

The Red Sox did what many people thought they could do and just as many were hoping they couldn't.

Let's just bask in the glory for tonight, and enjoy a couple of days of gloating before we have to actually think about winning another series.

(Like we really gotta worry about the friggin Rockies)

Congrats, Bosox! Mission nearly accomplished