Jacoby Ellsbury of the Red Sox steals home under the tag of New York Yankees catcher Jorge Posada on Sunday.Jacoby Ellsbury studied Andy Pettitte’s slow windup. He took a few steps toward home. Then he took off.The Red Sox speedster slid headfirst, stirred up a cloud of dirt and looked at plate umpire Gary Cederstrom.

There’s a part of Tim Wakefield [stats] that figured he’d be making commercials by now.Fourteen years and what feels like one lifetime ago, Wakefield steeled himself for life without baseball. He had little doubt his career was over.He had been released by the Pirates after a horrific season at Triple A and his phone wasn’t ringing. Six days later, the Red Sox [team stats] called. He signed on April 26, 1995, and was in the majors a month later.