Reminscing..and it feels so good

And, here we are. In a moment, the Red Sox will take the field and Yanks will be up to bat. It's crunch time.

As I anticipate the start of the baseball weekend - the drama, the excitement (Yes, I literally do have butterflies, am I sick or what?) - watching the pre-game, contemplating the stats....and I reminisce about the last series between these two vicious rivals.

Let's set it up, shall we? When the last series began back on August 28, we'd had a night off after a weekend of huge wins in Chicago. The Yankees had lost the night before and had to travel. Dice-K was on the mound for the Sox, Andy Pettitte for the Yanks, a southpaw face-off. We've had 2 wins this week, a night off, and Dice-K is up. The Yanks lost last night, had to travel to Boston and Pettitte is the so-called bomb-stopper tonight.

I haven't seen the pin-striped line-up, but I've seen the Sox and know that we are missing Manny and Coco tonight, but Lowell is back from his stomach bug and Jacoby Ellsbury will play Center, and Pap should be available to close.

BUT - there is one simple, monumental difference between then and now. We're playing in our own backyard tonight. We're home. Our beloved Fenway. And...though we're all groaning about only being 5 games up - Tom Werner himself just said: "If someone told me in April that we'd be coming into this series 5 games up" - and, "If someone had told me in April that Dice-K would win 15 games for us this season" - he's right, let's keep it in perspective, stay positive.

Bring it, guys. That's all I can say to you as you embark on journey this weekend..."walking through the park and reminiscing" - of the World Series!!

I believe,
Ann, the Red Sox fan