NEW YORK -- The ball was climbing higher and higher, the left-field wall in sight, and all 49,641 witnesses at Yankee Stadium reacted like this was an October moment for the ages.
The man who hit it, however, wasn't so sure. Gary Sanchez knew he got under the meatball offering from Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrell a fraction of an inch. He knew that fly ball had a chance to make history and send this ALDS back to Fenway Park with a walk-off grand slam.
"But I wasn't sure," he said.
He was right.