(I'll save game-thready comments for the game thread, but...)
Hunt - you were at the Riv? I was there meeting two friends but I got there "late" (which that night meant about 5pm for an 8pm game), and it took me a solid hour to beg&plead my way in. About the 6th inning I ran out during a commercial break for a bottle of champagne at a liquor store down the street, brought it back, had one of the guys in the kitchen put it in the freezer, and then I look up and notice (A) Pedro was pitching, (B) the MFY had two more runs, and everyone around me started to yell obscenities and say I'd jinxed shit.
Obviously it worked out, but man, after Embree and Pokey put that one away the place was a madhouse. Do you remember Kenny Albert showing up in the middle innings in the sports bar downstairs, with a camera crew, and basically finding that nobody would budge enough to even give him a clear shot? I think he stuck around for an inning or two and then bagged it, probably for a local yankee bar.
The best part of that night was how much of a bonding experience it was for Red Sox fans. Everyone remembers where they were that night, knows every last detail, and has a story to tell.