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Gary B.through 14 innings were the shots of the fans. We know that not only were these fans pulling for their team to stay alive where they've followed them all season (like fans of any team would do), but you could see in people's eyes 84 years of frustration. People were peeking out at the game with their hands over their eyes, hunched over with stress, pulling their hair and watching, only subconsciously aware of their hands pressed together in prayer. The game was exciting, but the images of the crowd really accentuated it as they went through inning after inning praying the Yankees wouldn't score, then praying the Red Sox would - the tension and excitement was palpable for what otherwise could have been, had it been an unimportant game early in the season, somewhat boring to watch so little happen for so long.
This is of course what makes the playoffs so great in general - how every single pitch, hit, out, inning, etc. has such great importance, but for the Red Sox last night it was even more, trying to keep hope alive after it's been extinguished time and time again for longer than most people's lifetimes...