I left the bar it was 7-0, I didn't even think about turning it on when I went home. The fact that the Red Sox scored 8 runs in three innings is not only amazing, it could doom the Rays and their World Series hopes.

The comeback Boston made on Thursday night ranks with any for the greatest in playoff history. They look beat, they looked finish. The celebration was ready to rip in bars all across Tampa, but the Terry Francona's team did the unbelievable.

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the comeback was the second largest in postseason history, eclipsed only by the Philadelphia A's rallying from 8-0 down to beat the Cubs in the 1929 World Series. But no team facing postseason elimination had ever come back from seven or more runs down.

"I mean, a loss and we stay home," Francona said. "I can't say [most of] the game was exciting, because the first six innings, we did nothing. They had their way with us every way possible. And then this place became unglued, and we've seen that before. But because of the situation we're in, it just -- that was pretty magical."

Can the young Tampa team overcome and win one of the potential two games left as the series shifts to Tropicana Field?

They will have the home crowd behind them and their ace James Shield on the mound when the series continues on Saturday night. The Red Sox will counter with Josh Beckett. If Tampa can't slow Boston down and this goes seven, I don't like their chances.

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