Coyne's Clippings (David Ortiz Edition)

Finally we get to today... I have to note, the Sox have played 26 inning over the past two games, the equivalent of almost three games, in order to get back to the Bronx. It's like they had to win three games, just to get back force a 3-3 tie in the series. Like their Saturday night slaying was worth two losses.
Jackie MacMullan with a great piece on Tim Wakefield, a must read. C.H.B. checks in off the front page of the Globe, while B.R. doesn't know where to begin in this epic.

It was one of the most amazing postseason baseball games played in this generation, possibly ever. says Ron Chimelis. Shaughnessy also had a line like this, but I lost it.

And the Charlotte Observer has an off beat piece on how playing basketball for North Carolina is like being in jail... a little offbase if you ask me, but what ever.

PS - I had a lot more written, but the dumb computer froze on me... Carlos Beltran is the hottest hitter on the planet, and everyone that was off the Sox bandwagon is back on. This was a cool piece on the way to celebrate a walk off homerun in a game which the Sox have trademarked by the flipping of the helmet after rounding third.

But wait there's more, Boston Halfway To Miracle says a New York paper's article penned by Ian O'Connor, while Bill Simmons can't believe what's happening.