BOSTON -- It's never easy in postseason baseball.
With the final swing of the game Sunday night, Alex Bregman sent the ball sailing out toward left field. In any other park in the major leagues, it's a majestic -- but routine -- fly ball. At Fenway Park, with the Green Monster looming so close, a brief moment of terror permeated the old ballpark. If the ball landed in the Monster seats, the game would be tied, and Boston's three-run lead in the ninth shattered with a remarkable two-out rally.
Bregman knew it was short. "I missed it," he said.