Yesterday we mentioned how cool it was to be at the Red Sox-Indians game on Tuesday night. Since The Bee (Johnny Pap, as in Paparazzi) took some awesome pics, we decided to share a few:

David Ortiz (”Big Papi“) at the plate. (As if the “at the plate” part wasn’t obvious)

Jonathan Papelbon’s “Hey, let’s have tea some time!” look. Or maybe a beer?
 
Jason Varitek greeting fans after the win: He was a nice guy and shook hands with just about everyone in the front row around the field.

Kevin Youkilis in champagne-ready goggles.

Casualties of the on-field celebration.

Everyone expected Boston Red Sox centerfielder Coco Crisp to get beaned after his hand-to-nutsack combat with Tampa Bay Rays’ Achinori Iwamura yesterday, but this turned into a brawl normally reserved for a Sox-Yanks smackdown.
Crisp got tossed, as did Rays pitcher James Shields and outfielder Jonny Gomes.
Check out the fight as well as the 5th inning WTF?-scuffle between Manny Ramirez and Kevin Youlikis in the dugout.

In case you haven’t heard, the Red Sox blew away the Rockies 13-1 in Game 1 of the World Series. (Again, Josh Beckett’s ex, a.k.a Cleveland’s Star-Spangled Singer of choice, was a no-show). Red Sox Nation is ecstatic but smartly withholding the smug—it’s only been one game. 
That being said, there were at least three signs that the Sports Deities favored the Sox last night.
1. Eric Gagne had a 1-2-3 ninth inning, giving up no runs and no hits. Seriously. You might think I’m joking, but I swear on a stack of bibles as high as the Green Monster, it’s true.
2. Sox Manager …read more