The total portion of the eclipse ended at 11:44pm, Boston time, 4 minutes after the last out in the Red Sox 4th game of the World Series. (Globe Staff Photo / John Tlumacki)
Jason Varitek (left) Sox tags out Larry Walker during the first inning. Manny Ramirez picked up the assist on the play. (Globe Staff Photo / John Bohn)
With the final score behind them, Red Sox outfielders Gabe Kapler, Johnny Damon, and Trot Nixon celebrate after the Game 2 victory over St. Louis. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
Mike Matheny and Jason Varitek watch as Varitek gets Boston off to a good start with a two run triple in the first inning. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
Pedro Martinez has a bottle of champagne in one hand and the American League Championship trophy in the other during locker room celebration. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
The Red Sox bench explodes, including Curt Schilling, Kevin Millar, David McCarty, and Derek Lowe as the final out is made. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
Celebration begins as the Boston Red Sox win the American League Championship against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. (Globe Staff Photo / Stan Grossfeld)
Alex Rodriguez heads to first base as Bronson Arroyo tries to tag him, during the eighth inning. Upires ruled that Rodriguez was out because he batted the ball away from Arroyo. (Globe Staff Photo / Barry Chin)
David Ortiz (center) is mobbed by teammates Gabe Kapler (left) and Trot Nixon (right) following his game winning hit in the bottom of the 14th inning . (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
A fan holds a sign that reads "Boston Believes" as Ortiz rounds third base after hitting a home run in the botom of the 8th inning . (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
David Ortiz runs the bases after his game-winning, two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning gave the Red Sox a dramatic 8-6 victory. (Globe Staff Photo / Barry Chin)
Kevin Millar, left, and Manny Ramirez take a victory lap around the field following the Red Sox series-clinching, extra-inning victory. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
As Red Sox reliever Derek Lowe (left) was headed out to the bullpen before the start of the game, he crossed paths with starter Bronson Arroyo who was on the way in from the bullpen after his warmups. At the end of the game, it was Lowe who came in and got the victory. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
Jason Varitek pumps his fist as he rounds first base on a two-run home run off of Bartolo Colon (backround left) to tie the game at 3-3 in the sixth inning. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
Pedro Martinez reacts after striking out the last batter of the seventh inning, the last man he would face in the game. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
Teammates douse Manny Ramirez in the locker room after the Red Sox clinched a playoff berth with a 7-3 win over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Dave Roberts, David Ortiz, Tim Wakefield, Ramirez, Ricky Gutierrez, and Curtis Leskanic all got involved in the celebration. (AP Photo)
Yankees' centerfielder Kenny Lofton (right) has a word with Doug Mirabelli after Pedro Astacio threw close to him. The inside pitch was retaliation for words that Lofton had with Doug Mientkiewicz earlier in the game. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
The scoreboard tells the story as the Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees 11-4 at Fenway Park, taking the rubber game of the three game set. Outfielders Dave Roberts (left) and Gabe Kapler (right) high five each other on the way off the field following the final out. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
Orlando Cabrera (center) is the man of the hour, as teammates Manny Ramirez (left) and Johnny Damon (right) are part of the welcoming committee that greeted him at the plate. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
Orlando Cabrera loses his helmet as he leaps towards the plate afer his 12th inning solo home run gave the Red Sox a 7-6 victory over Baltimore. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
As the Fenway crowd goes wild in the backround, the Red Sox Bill Mueller (11), who has just scored the winning run, races to get into the pile of teammates who are surrounding Mark Bellhorn. Bellhorn knocked in both Mueller and Dave Roberts with a two-out single. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
Red Sox hero Mark Bellhorn (right), gets a hand from teammate Gabe Kapler (19), following his game-winning hit in the bottom of the ninth inning. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
Jason Varitek and Curt Schilling congratulate third baseman Kevin Youkillis after his defensive play helped hold Tampa scoreless. (Globe Staff Photo / Barry Chin)
Red Sox infielders Orlando Cabrera (left) and Pokey Reese (right) do a little victory dance, as Manny Ramirez (center rear) comes in to join the party following the 8-6 Boston win over the Devil Rays. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
Kevin Mark Bellhorn has already tossed his bat, and his helmet is about to follow after Tampa Bays' starting pitcher Scott Kazmir struck him out to end the bottom of the third inning. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
Manny Ramirez appears ready to make a fashion statement at the team's photo shoot while Ellis Burks looks on and Pedro Martinez hides his face. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
Red Sox right fielder Dave Roberts just beats the throw from Vladamir Guerrero as he slides into second base for a double. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
The Fenway faithful go wild in the backround as Johnny Damon, hair flying, slides in ahead of the throw to Blue Jays' catcher Gregg Zaun to score the winning run in the bottom of the ninth on Orlando Cabrera's double. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
Home plate umpire Tim Tschida (left) leaps out of the way to aviod being hit by a wild throw to the plate. Jason Varitek sprawled to grab the throw from Red Sox 1B Doug Mientkewicz. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
Pedro Martinez and David Ortiz celebrate following Martinez' complete game, six hit, 6-0 shutout victory ovet the Tampa Bay . (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
Bill Mueller strained as he threw out the Devil Rays' Tino Martinez after making a nice backhanded grab of a ball headed up the middle. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
Jason Varitek tries his best to knock the ball out of the mitt of his Devil Rays counterpart Toby Hall, but he is thrown out at the plate by Tampa Bay CF Rocco Baldelli. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
Pedro Martinez stood tall for most of the game, but he had to duck out of the way on this play as Kevin Youkilis threw out the Devil Rays' Julio Lugo on a sacrifice bunt. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
The last out of the game almost came on this foul ball, as Red Sox firstbaseman David McCarty stretched on the top step of the Boston dugout, lunging for the ball. Unfortunately, he couldn't quite reach far enough, and it fell in. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
Trot Nixon left his feet to snare this deep drive off the bat of the Twins' Cristian Guzman leading off the inning, and robbing him of at least a double. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
Pokey Reese adjusts his sunglasses in the dugout, using both his good right hand and his injured left one that is encased in what appears to be a soft cast. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
Pedro Martinez points to the clouds after teammate Pokey Reese made a ladder climbing catch of Dodgers Cesar Izturis's line drive to end the inning at Fenway Park. (Globe Staff Photo / Matthew J. Lee)
Nomar Garciaparra warms up just prior to the start of a game between Boston and San Diego. Garciaparra made just his first start since injuring himself in Spring training. (Globe Staff Photo / Barry Chin)
The fifth annual "Nomar Bowl" for charity was held at the Town Line Ten Pin bowling alley in Malden. Red Sox shortstop Nomar Garciaparra and Ben Affleck got together when the actor arrived for the event. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
Supermodel Gisele threw out a ceremonial first pitch prior to the Red Sox-Oakland Athletics game at Fenway Park, and after the ball sailed way over the head of the catcher, she flexed her muscles in jest. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
The crowd cranes their respective necks to watch the flight of Manny Ramirez' (left) fifth inning two run home run that put the Red Sox up 9-0 at the time. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
Third baseman Bill Mueller dives but can't come up with this shot down the left field line off the bat of the Royals' Carlos Beltran. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
Right fielder Gabe Kapler (right) makes a stab for the ball as center fielder Johnny Damon slides in to make a nice catch. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
Red Sox leftfielder Manny Ramirez took the field for his first game as an American citizen waving a small red, white and blue flag, with a huge smile on his face. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
The Red Sox greet David Ortiz at home plate after Ortiz hit a game-winning two run home run in the bottom of the 12th inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park. The Red Sox defeated the Blue Jays 6 to 4 in 12 innings. (Globe Staff Photo / John Bohn)
Tampa Bay catcher Brook Fordyce and David Ortiz admire his homer that put the Sox on the board in game one of a doubleheader at Fenway. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
As he was coming from the clubhouse, headed for the fields, pitcher Derek Lowe, his baseball glove on his head like a protective helmet, looks a bit concerned for his safety, as he tries to run the gauntlet of fans who were lining the walkway to the fields, clamoring for autographs. One of the fans held out a photo of Lowe (far left) that was taken of him celebrating on the mound in Oakland after the Red Sox had just defeated the Athletics in Game Seven of last year's American League Divisional Playoff Series. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
Mike Timlin tries to soften up his glove by pounding a baseball into it repeatedly as he walks to the field to throw a little. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
The always talkative Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling threw for a while, wearing a shirt that had a comment on people who like to move their lips. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
As the players were coming from the clubhouse, headed for the fields they had to go through the gauntlet of fans who were lining the walkway to the fields, clamoring for autographs. Here catcher Doug Mirabelli high fives a fan as he heads to work. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
Red Sox team owner John Henry sporting his trademark hat, checked out his employees as they worked out under blue skies and puffy white clouds. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling (right) has his eyes wide as he talks with new manager Terry Francona (left), and assistant trainer Chris Correnti during an afternoon workout in Ft. Myers. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
Curt Schilling (left) and Pedro are tossing baseballs in the air while listening to a coach go over some details before a morning drill. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
Sluggers Manny Ramirez, Kevin Millar, and Brian Daubach strike similar poses as they wait for their turn in the batting cage. (Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)
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