A 1-1 Tie in the ALCS

Five hours and 28 minutes after it began, the Rays scored on a sacrifice fly to take a 9-8 decision.
It wasn't pretty. Seven home runs and 14 walks? Five walks in the final inning? And at the end, Joe Maddon had to use a kid that threw his first pitch as a professional player in late May, while Terry Francona was left with a 42 year old reliever who hadn't pitched since September 28, and wasn't even on the roster for the Divisional Series. At the end, David Price had his first Major League win, and Mike Timlin had taken a very hard loss. We needn't go into how hard Sam Holbrook was squeezing Sarge; John Farrell's ejection--the so even-keeled John Farrell?--says all that needs to be said there.
Some will say that J.D. Drew's failure to get some momentum toward the plate on Upton's fly is a sympton of his back problem. I say it's a sympton of his indifference toward the game, but that's just me.
If someone had offered Francona a split before the series started, he'd have taken it. After tonight, there's still some disappointment. But Jon Lester will pitch Monday afternoon, and Dan Wheeler pitched a full week for a closer tonight (48 pitches). And home field has shifted to the Sox. Mission accomplished. The series isn't over, but mission accomplished.
And not like Bush claimed it on the ship.