##I’m becoming a believer

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Stop the presses! The millenium is at hand. The rapture is at hand!
God has reached down from the heavens and touched the faithful

And thus sayeth
the Lord: “I have given you 82 years of trials and ye have not wavered. Your forefathers
had but 40 years in the desert and thus I say to you it is time to quench your thirst!
Yea, tho you walked through the valley of the shadow of Babe Ruth, you feared no fielding errors.
For when the others laughed, you did not waiver. When the others scoffed, you held
firm in your faith. Go now and rejoice for the time of your redemption is at hand”

Well, OK… maybe that’s a bit much, but you get the idea!

I was sitting at home watching the game Saturday afternoon.
My wife was lucky enough to get tickets to the playoff game between the Sox and the Indians,
while I had to stay at home and watch the kids. I didn’t mind, and had a good time with them
getting into the game with me. What an incredible game!!! And it only got better with the next game, and
the next game! I think this could be the year that the Sox are the team of destiny. I think that maybe,
just maybe, God has had enough fun with the Red Sox faithful for trading the Babe and is finally
willing to let the penance be considered fulfilled. Now:

Michael Holley:
[Taste of redemption is sweet](http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/285/sports/Taste*of”redemption”is*sweet+.shtml)
“If they continue to get the kind of pitching they got last night from the younger Martinez, the Sox

would have to be considered Series favorites. The story was that Martinez had a bad back and

would not be able to pitch last night. He entered the game in the fourth, when the Indians already

had seven hits and eight runs. When they left quietly into the sad Ohio night, they still had seven

hits and eight runs. Martinez threw six innings of no-hit, eight-strikeout relief.”

Gordon Edes:
[Slammin’ the door](http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/285/sports/Slammin*the*door+.shtml)
“It may not be possible, in the span of

three games, to make up for nearly a century’s worth

of disappointment.

But last night at Jacobs Field, with Troy O’Leary’s three-run

home run completing one of the most improbable comebacks

in postseason history, the Boston Red Sox made an

unforgettable case for short memories and living for the

moment.”

Dan Shaughnessy:
[Bring on the Yankees!!!](http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/285/nation/Bring*on*the_Yankees+.shtml)
“It is going to happen. The Boston Red Sox and their long-suffering legion

of followers have been granted an opportunity to avenge eight decades of hardball

indignity.”