New Orleans for Mardi Gras. Cancun for Spring Break. And now, Anaheim in October. These are the place you go to get loose, have fun, and live it up. The Red Sox made it 11 in a row over the Angels in the postseason, crushing the Halos with a dramatic 9th-inning home run by J.D. Drew.

It wasn't that easy. Sure, the Sox jumped on Ervin Santana with four runs in the first. But Daisuke kept walking Angels, the bullpen didn't hold, and before you knew it (relatively, it was about 4 in the morning), it was tied 5-5. Enter all-time single-season save king Francisco Rodriguez. Enter a wounded Drew. Exit baseball. And the Angels, once again, have to take an unpleasant six-hour flight for a date with oblivion.

Just surviving the eighth inning was difficulty enough, when Jonathan Papelbon had to come in to bail Justin Masterson out (with some fancy glove work from Youkilis), although the tying run scored on a sac fly. But Papelbon did his job, Drew his, and the Sox are up 2-0 with Josh Beckett waiting at Fenway for the knockout. You've got to wonder what the Angels talked about on the plane.

"That's the greatest thing about this team. We never give up. They came back and played a great game, and we just prepared to go out there in the end and get a W," said Youkilis. "That's kind of the situations I live for," added Papelbon.

Assuming Beckett does his part (and it's hard to picture a world where he doesn't), the road to the World Series may involve another Anaheim sweep. Let's make tentative plans to do this again next year.