Most people right now couldn’t be more excited that the Sox are one game from another World Series victory. Screw that, I’m a Red Sox fan. After three games, the Sox are now four games from losing another World Series. Only four games people!!!

But before they got to that point, the managed to win the most tense 10-5 game in baseball history. You might ask how a 10-5 victory make you worry that you’re about to blow a series? Here’s how:

• Jump out to a 6-0 lead.
• Have Dice-K pitch great for 5 innings, but then have him lose control with 1 out in the 6th
• Bring in Lopez (why Tito, why??) to give up two singles to cut the lead to 6-2
• Replace Lopez with Timlin, to promptly give up two VERY loud outs.
• Let Timlin lead off the next inning and, but don’t remove him until he gives up 2 hits.
• Replace Timlin with Oki, to give up a 3-run homer to Holliday on his first pitch to make the game 6-5.
• Get those three runs back in the top of the 8th, to make the game 9-5.
• Just when you start to feel comfortable again, bring in Delcarmen to get the first two outs, but then give up a single and a walk.
• Have Papelbon come in and get Holliday to fly out to left.
• Oh yeah, and make it game 3 of the World Series.

For a game where the Sox had leads of 6, 4, and 5 at different points, it’s hard to make people hyperventilate. But this is the Red Sox, and they’ve made winning an art-form. Only when their fans are at the brink of a psychotic breakdown will they pull it out. It’s like Tito was just trying to screw with us. Really, Dice-K looked done after five. But he brought him out for the 6th anyways. Timlin didn’t have anything even though he got out of the 6th, so Tito brought him out for the 7th. And Oki, wow. Home run, single, K, K, 1-3. Talk about bouncing back.

I was truly terrified when Holliday hit that home run that the Sox would not only blow this game, but in turn the series. How do you blow a 6 run lead and come back to win? But as usual, they were just toying with us.

Despite the fact that he looked cooked in the 6th, Dice-K really did look fantastic for the first five innings. He kept runners off base, and seemed to stay one pitch ahead of all of them. It reminded me a little of Pedro in 04 in the WS. Not his best stuff by far, but just good enough to turn the 3-2 pitch into an out instead of a walk.

Mike “I still haven’t come up with a good nickname for him yet, yes, even after two years” Lowell is cementing his case for Theo to throw him an “I know this deal isn’t good in the long run, but we need you back” contract a la Tek. Lowell may only win a foot race against Doug Mirabelli, but when it was clear that a 4 run lead in the 9th wasn’t good enough he led off with a single was bunted to second, stole third (you read that right) and scored on a sac fly. The guy can do everything.

As a result of being just four games from a World Series loss, here’s the playoff beard about to hit week four. Don’t let up.