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Y'all are not going to believe this, but when I saw the Yankees were trailing 4-1 in the 6th (I think) , I took some Valium and put on an audiobook on my laptop. I didn't intend to fall asleep -- I was going to refresh the game thread every fifteen minutes or so. But I did fall asleep, and didn't wake up until about 1:45 am. I refreshed the game thread, fully expecting to see a Yankee loss.

Then I saw the thread title, and at first I thought it said the Red Sox had won 6-5. I blinked several times, and realized what happened.

I feel terrible for missing this drama, and terrible for the Sox fans that had to lose THIS WAY. But I'm glad the team I was rooting for won -- and I have at least four games to make up for falling asleep in this one.

I'm just waiting for the full SportsCenter rundown, because all I have seen that I missed are the Giambi and Boone home runs.

I'm still in shock. When I took the Valium, the Yankees message board had dozens of messages (top-level posts, mind you) saying "it's over, wait until next year, etc." I'm going to spend some time reading that board to see the drama unfolding. I'll also read the rest of the game thread to see how it unfolded.

I must say that I'm sorry any team had to lose, but I'm glad Clemens didn't get a loss and I'm glad Pedro didn't get a win.

Maybe falling asleep was for the best. I would probably have had serious stomach ulcers watching the later innings.

After all the unpleasantness between the two teams, I want to say that I now hope the Sox win it all someday soon, but don't have to go through the Yankees to do it. I hope that the year Boston wins it, the Yankees don't make the playoffs or lose to another team in the ALDS first.

Still in benzodiazepine-tempered shock here. And sorry I missed the fun. Just call me Rip Valium Winkle.