We already know there’s no way you’re going to miss Game 2 on Wednesday, 10 p.m. start or not. However, we’re wondering what you’re going to tell your boss when you walk in two hours late Thursday morning after getting four hours of sleep. So ... give us your top 10 excuses you’re going to use for being tardy (and no, stuck in traffic just won’t cut it).

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Well ya see BOSS, the SOX were playing in the playoffs PERIOD!!!!!!

Greg Murphy, Tampa-via Beantown

When we win... I'm calling in sick and sleeping until noon.

Jason, Windham, NH

I got lost on my way to Anahe...I mean, work

Paul, Acton

The Sox are like a roller coaster. You can't step off in the middle of the ride!!! Voices spoke to me saying I had to go the distance. I had to see if the ghost of Grady stepped out of the cornfield. My unborn child is counting on me to "be there" to recount every blessed minute of the 2004 campaign when the rightful heirs of series glory reclaimed their championship. God Bless America!!! God Bless Pedro!!! God Bless the Sox!!!

Felix, Arlington, VA

1) I got mustard on my official David Ortiz game jersey and had to make an emergency run to the dry cleaners. 2) It too me longer than expected to take the face paint off. 3) Yankees fan saw my red sox bumper sticker and hit me on purpose. 4) Babe Ruth was in my nightmares last night and kept on waking up then slept through my alarm clock. 5) My neighbors were up very late and screaming very loud for some reason and I needed a little bit extra sleep this morning. 6) My girlfriend (yankees fan) broke up with me and through me out this morning. 7) I had food poisening from last night's dinner. 8) The moonlight was very bright last night and kept me tossing and turning all night and again I slept through my alarm. 9) I use my girlfriend's car to get to work and for some reason there were baseballs thrown through the windows (yankees bumper sticker) and I had to use public transportation to get to work. 10) The game go's 25 innings and nobody else is at work on time so who cares!!!

John, Boston

The Dirt Dogs ate my car keys!

louie, cambridge

I would have been here earlier but Dale Sveum held me up at the turn! No; wait.... noboby would believe that.

Jason, Arlington, VA

I was watching the Vice Presidential debate on my Tivo and just was overwhelmed with excitement this morning. Game? What game?

Jim, Alna, Maine

I thought it was daylight savings combined with a leap year which makes the clock four hours later...

Keith , Dorchester

10 - I thought the office switched to Pacific time during the ALDS? 9 - My Alarm clock was made in The Bronx 8 - I have an intestinal parasite (worked for Giambi) 7 - I got mad at myself for those typos on the TPS reports and smashed my hand into the wall (worked for K. Brown) 6 - There was an overturned truck full of hotdogs and fiddle faddle bound for Yankee Stadium on the highway 5 - My dog ate the alarm clock 4 - My wife got the TiVo in the divorce 3 - It's Petey Baby! 2 - Hey Sir, the flight out of Anaheim was delayed 2 hours due to Mt St Helens; TSA found the rally monkey in my suitcase so there were some questions to be answered there, and when I got my car out of airport parking, someone had scraped the "Yankee's Suck" sticker off and it took the police 45 minutes to take the report. I got here as quick as I could! 1 - This Is The Year!

Bobby, Methuen, MA