Last night was a great night for some of my all time favorites!

A great night in Fenway... not only with a Red Sox win, but also with a brief cameo by Jerry Remy in the booth.

I love Eckersley (who it turns out is pretty damn funny in the booth) and Dave Roberts is a joy...

But we NEED Remy calling games with Don!

If seeing Remy wasn't good enough, we got the return of Pedro.

Now look, it was only 5 innings and he got 12 runs of support... but he got career win number 215.

It's nice to have a three time Cy Young winning future Hall of Famer as your #5 starter.

Wouldn't that just make Mets fans thrilled? Seeing Pedro help the Phillies back to the World Series!

Speaking of some of my favorite future Hall of Famers at the end of their careers... Ken Griffey Jr came off the bench and ended one of the best games you will see all year.

I for whatever reason watched the extra innings of this game and saw Mark Kotsay pull an outrageous unassisted double play to save the game at one point.

And then with 2 outs in the 14th, Griffey smoked a hit and then The Kid smiled and acted like one while being mobbed by his teammates.

Hey baseball Gods... how about more nights like this one???

Get well Jerry Remy

Jerry Remy, one of my favorite players and the person who ran The Jerry Remy Baseball Camp that my brother and I attended in 1983, is taking a leave from the broadcasting booth because of cancer.

Get better Rem Dawg. 

Hearing you call games is worth the price of mlb.tv!

Meanwhile, enjoy the great air guitar clip

In honor of Jerry Remy...

... part of one of the best trades in Red Sox history when he came over from the Angels for Don Aase

... a great fielding secondbaseman with speed and a beautiful line drive swing

... a Fall River native whose humor and accent have made him one of the most beloved broadcasters in Red Sox history

... and whose name was on the summer camp attended by me and my brother in 1983

THE MAGIC NUMBER IS 2!!!

In honor of Marty Barrett

...who won the MVP of the 1986 ALCS

... who hit .433 in the 1986 World Series and would have won the MVP if the Sox got that last out

... who ironically made the last of the World Series, but we don't hold that against him

...who I didn't like at first because he replaced Jerry Remy at second base, but it's safe to say he quickly became one of my favorite Red Sox from the mid 80s

THE MAGIC NUMBER IS 17!