How Sweep It Is: Angels Exorcise Demons, Defeat Boston in Playoffs

The Angels were beaten. They had to be. 

Down 5-2 in the eighth inning and facing two stellar relievers lined up to close the game, they could only look to tomorrow and a Game 4 match-up between Joe Saunders and Jon Lester.

Or at least, that's what it looked like. But appearances can be deceiving. 

Once again, I must defer to the great linguist Yogi Berra who famously declared, “It ain't over 'till it's over.”

Unbelievably, impossibly, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim came back to sweep the Boston Red Sox and advance to the American League Championship Series.

Any talk of demons, curses, or hexes has been laid to rest for good.

What's more, the Angels did it in a game in which they failed to execute in all the ways that helped the...

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