I turned off the radio last night after ALCS Game 4 entered extra innings. The Sox and Yanks were tied 4-4, I was tired, and I figured, “Either they’ll win or they’ll lose. I’ll find out tomorrow.”

Much to my surprise this morning, I discovered that they had, in fact, won the game! The winning homer was hit by David Ortiz:

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He brought in two runs for a 6-4 win over the Yankees. So Red Sox fans everywhere are still clinging to a thread of hope… a thin thread, to be sure. No team in baseball has ever come back to win a seven-game series after a three-game deficit. No team in basketball for that matter. Only in hockey has such a feat occurred. In 1975 with the New York Islanders (who came back against Pittsburgh) and the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs (vs. Detroit).

Not to be superstitious or anything (ok, well, a little), but when I was chatting with my parents on the phone last night, before the game, I discovered that my dad had not been wearing his Red Sox hat during the first three games of the series! Last I made sure he had it on, and guess what? The Sox won! Coincidence? You decide: last year, my dad wore his Red Sox cap throughout the whole series, but in the crucial Game 7, he forgot – and the Sox lost!

Dad: Wear your hat tonight! The numbers say the Sox don’t have much hope, but any little thing helps.