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Every once in a while something miraculous happens; I get confirmation that someone has stumbled upon this little blog. This can happen in the form of a comment, a RT on a Twitter post, or in this case a question via email.

Chris asks:

I saw the thing you did for red sox at bat music

i was looking for the song they play when jd drew hit that homerun in ALCS game 5 in 2008

if u could help that would be great!

Hey Chris,

Thanks for the question. JD Drew's walk-off hit in Game 5 of the 2008 ALCS was fantastic! At Fenway Park, every time the Sox win a game they immediately play "Dirty Water" by the Standells.

Here is a short video I took of the Standells playing "Dirty Water" at Fenway in October 2007, just days before the Drew hit. Enjoy!

~SoxyLady

*****UPDATE*****

I was wrong, Chris was talking about Drew's 2 run homer in the 8th. He emailed me back and said he found the answer. The song in question was the popular homerun song Sandstorm by Darude.



Thanks everyone for making sure the posted details were correct!

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Josh Beckett Pitches a Shut-Out in Game 1 of the 2007 ALDS

Oh yes, yes he DID!!!!!!!

The night started out great - the weather was a comfortable 63 degrees and the Standells did an Amazing rendition of the National Anthem, followed by a flag being draped over the Monster and a flyover. Then they broke into their (one) hit - DIRTY WATER!

Beckett gave up a single to Chone Figgins to start the game, but went on to retire the next 19 batters in order!!! He ended up with a complete game shut out (the first time a Red Sox pitcher has done this in the post-season since Luis Tiant in 1975! And the first time a MLB pitcher has done it since...well...himself in 2003). He gave up 4 hits over 9 innings, walked nobody, struck out 7. He was amazing and proved himself to be the Cy Young pitcher we all KNOW he is!

The Sox continued to give trouble to Lackey who gave up 9 hits in 6 innings including two home runs from YOUK and PAPI! There were a couple of bad calls (um, ump - Cabrera NEVER touched Lugo and Manny's 3rd called strike in the 5th was outside!) but all in all it was an AMAZING game and a great night to be at Fenway Park. Coco, Lowell and Ellsbury all made fantastic defensive plays to contribute to this well-deserved win.

I'm tired, and not to witty so I'll leave you with this - a very unsteady shot (sorry had to get my high fives in!) of the last out of the game (a fly ball by Anderson to center field). GOOOOOO SOOOOOOXXXXXX!!!!!!

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