Imperfect Ten
When I was young and impressionable I used to watch “I Dream of Jeannie” and “Bewitched.“ Because of those shows I thought that if I just found the correct gesture I could do magic. As America sang, “You can do magic / You can have anything that you desire.” Once I snapped my fingers and I looked up to see a rainbow. For days I thought I had discovered the thaumaturgic twitch that could make my wishes come true. If I snapped and an arc of colors didn’t appear it was because I didn’t believe enough.
Like the kid in the Volkswagon commercial I had finally tapped into that mystic wellspring of all-pervasive power.
So when the Red Sox took two out of three games against the Yankees they thought they found their arm fold and blink. Pedro Ciriaco’s go-ahead bloops single over the reach of Robinson Cano’s glove was an ensorcelled nose wiggle. Put together a random series of gestures and BAM! – postseason here we come!
| Game 102: July 29, 2012 ∙ 10 innings | ||
 Boston Red Sox51-51 |
3 |
H: Andrew Miller (12) BS, W: Alfredo Aceves (5, 2-6) |
| 2B: Ryan Sweeney (19), Jacoby Ellsbury (6) | ||
| New York Yankees 60-41 |
2 |
L: David Robertson (1-4) |
| 2B: Andruw Jones (6) HR: Russell Martin (12) | ||
