Anthony Castrovince presents an oral history of the 2007 ALCS between the Red Sox and Cleveland. Cleveland led the series 3-1. The Red Sox then won seven straight games, winning the pennant and sweeping the Rockies in the World Series.
Paul Byrd: First inning [Game 4] , David Ortiz is up with two outs and two strikes. I do the double-pump where I swing my hands, stop and swing my hands again. I threw it as hard as I could, and it cut on the side part of the plate and it was 91 mph, and he swung and missed. I have never heard a crowd so loud in my life. I'm not exaggerating when I say I didn't know if something had happened. "My gosh, did we have an earthquake? Did something collapse?" It was…
