I thought of a lot of titles for this post.  In the end “That was awesome!” was the best way to describe the 3 game spanking the Red Sox put on the Yankees this past weekend.  Simply put, it was the best set of Sox-Yankees’ games (from a Sox fan perspective) since the comeback in the 2004 ALCS.

So many great moments that I’m sure I’ll forget something.

Friday’s 5-4 11 inning win

Bay’s 2 out, bottom of the ninth, game tying 2 run homer off Marina RIviera

Youk’s 11th inning shot way over the Monster

Saturday’s come from behind slugfest

The Sox rallying from a 6 run deficit on a day when Beckett was not so good.

Varitek’s grand slam

Lowell’s 3 run shot and bases clearing triple

Sunday’s 4-1 full organization win

The fact that the combination of Justin Masterson, Hunter Jones, and Micheel Bowden shut the Yankees down.  Hunter Jones?!?!?  Had you heard of Hunter Jones before Sunday night?  Probably not, but now he’s in position to make Javier Lopez completely expendable.

And of course, the steal of home by Jacoby Ellsbury.  I’d embed a YouTube video of it but MLB Advanced Media has pretty much decided that the time to watch that on YouTube is over.  I’ve been watching baseball a long time and I had only seen steals of home in highlight shows.  Never as I was actually watching a game live. 

Simply put, Jacoby Ellsbury owned that game.  It wasnt’ just his steal of home.  If we keep seeing more of that Ellsbury, the Sox are in good shape the rest of the way.