The Rocket misfires, let's call it payback for all the times he choked in a Red Sox uniform. Manny hit one out off of him and Soriano threw one in for good measure.
We were watching closely before Manny hit his out and both myself and best bud were saying "there's no way Roger will throw that inside pitch again to Manny, he'll destroy that thing." Sure enough, like he was still wearing Red pinstripes, inside curve, weak 84 mph pitch, Manny crushes to left field. Thanks Roger, that was kind of you.
Then there was Ortiz, who makes it two Red Sox to hit HR's in the game. That was nice.
However, the best suprise of the night was Ali. He came out to throw the baseball, and looked like he was still having the shakes pretty bad, and folks at the bar were saying "poor Ali, what a shame", etc.etc. But Ali had some suprises in store. He broke out in to his float like a butterfly, and threw a few jabs at Jeter, which made the entire bar crowd erupt in applause and laughter. He even capped it off by holding Rabbit ears over A-Rod during the picture taking session. For those who thought that Ali isn't quite there anymore, he showed differently. He may not be the same, but he still has the fire inside. It was a great moment, and everyone at the bar had smiles afterwards.
Sometimes, there are moments in sports that you suddenly feel better about people, and this was one of them...
Now back to my Red Sox denial syndrome, and sweet anticipation for the Titans to start.....
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