NYPost

Myers throws sidearm and soft, and deception his great ally. Ortiz, in GM Brian Cahsman's words, is "a monster." That moved manager Joe Torre to describe Myers' job as "going to wrestle a lion with a pen knife." Myers ran the count full, tried to go away with a fastball and instead left a pitch he termed a "melonball" in the middle of the plate.

The wind was blowing harshly in from center all night, robbing Jason Giambi, Derek Jeter and Boston's Wily Mo Pena of homers. Jeter said, "That is as hard as I can hit it," and his ball died before the warning track. That accentuates Ortiz' strength. His blast defied Mother Nature and landed in the Red Sox bullpen for a three-run homer.