Yogi was right

It really ain't over 'til it's over. Game five wasn't over until J.D. Drew drove home the winning run in the bottom of the ninth in a miracle comeback at Fenway, and this ALCS won't be over - despite what so many of us (including me) thought - until the final out is recorded.

In case you haven't heard, Drew's double came exactly five years (to the minute) after Aaron Boone's home run doomed the 2003 Red Sox. This is an interesting parallel to draw, considering how much things have changed in five short years.

At that moment in 2003, all was lost. The Yankees could not lose and the Red Sox could not win. We were all haunted by these facts on a daily basis, and it seemed as if we would never see a World Series title in our lifetimes.

Flash forward exactly five years: suddenly it is the Red Sox who know how to come through in clutch situations. If you told anyone the Sox would be the champions of clutch five years after Boone gave all Boston fans the proverbial kick to the groin, they would have laughed in your face.

But this is the world we live in now. The Red Sox are the never-say-die team. They have history on their side, and they know how to find ways to win. The ghosts of Fenway are suddenly more powerful than the ghosts of Yankees Stadium (who knows if they will follow the club across the street next year?).

It's a great time to be a Sox fan. They'll probably still lose in games 6 or 7, but at least the season is still alive. And no matter what, this team will know that they can win any game, at any time, no matter what. Even if the most die-hard Red Sox fans think they are done.