The Full Moon at Fenway Park

Thanks to Dan's MIT-worthy playoff plan and Mike's Cubs-friendly drafting strategy, I was able to go to the Yankees/Red Sox American League Championship Series game last night. This game was undoubtedly the weirdest night of baseball I have ever seen; the full moon was out, and so were the whackos -- on the field and in the bleachers.

In the fourth inning, we saw the most surreal moment in baseball history.

When Roger came inside to Manny -- a pitch that looked far worse from the bleachers than it did later on TV -- Manny made a move to charge the mound. The benches cleared, and the bleachers erupted into chaos. As this was going on, Don Zimmer, the former Red Sox manager, the man known derisively in these parts as "the Gerbil", the man run out of town at the end of the seventies, went berserk and charged Pedro Martinez.

We couldn't tell what was happening, so I called Dave.

Me, shouting into the phone: "What's going on?!?"
Dave: "Pedro just took out Zimmer!"
Me: "PEDRO TOOK OUT ZIMMER?!?"
The rest of Section 41: "HA HA HA HA HA HA HA"

Shortly thereafter, the powers that be at Fenway shut off beer sales. Probably a smart move.

An absolutely insane evening.

Posted by jpbutler at October 12, 2003 08:08 PM