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Cabrera sacrificed before Hafner lined out to first. Then, on a pitch to Victor Martinez, Chamberlain uncorked another wild pitch that went all the way to the backstop before caroming directly to catcher Jorge Posada.

With Sizemore barreling down the line, Posada quickly shoveled the ball to a charging Chamberlain, who was upended at the plate by the Indians leadoff man, a former high school football star. Seconds later, with Chamberlain spitting out the critters like they were sunflower seeds, the giant scoreboard flashed: Bug off Yankees!

A-Rod went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts and is now 4-for with zero RBIs in his last 14 playoffs games. This was supposed to be a different October for the superstar, and now he's going home with a chance to make it one. Please enter email address to continue. Please enter valid email address to continue. Chrome Safari Continue. Joba was the shit when he started.

A video about Java, bugs, Yankees and Indians, and somehow you found a spot to take a shot at Mets fans. I love this game—a true classic. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Skip to content. Midges are typically more active as night sets in, which is one of the reasons Dobeck tells Clevelanders to keep bright lights turned off around their homes when they expect swarms to hit the city.

The first signs of the bugs came in the top of the eighth. Mientkiewicz hit third that inning, and remembers having to call timeout multiple times in the box to swat the midges out of his face.

When his next pitch got past catcher Jorge Posada, he motioned to the Yankees dugout to express his discomfort. Not wanting to waste a mound visit, Torre sent trainer Gene Monahan—armed with bug spray—out to the mound to see what could be done.

Mientkiewicz, however, refused to join in the spontaneous confab. You have people from Northeast Ohio around, you understand it a little bit. After a short pause, play continued.

With two outs and Victor Martinez at the plate, the midges disrupted Chamberlain again, as he threw a second wild pitch. After Chamberlain avoided further damage in the eighth, the bugs remained relentless in the top of the ninth. Instead of swatting at them like the Yankees had, the Indians sharpened their focus and shrugged them off. The pitcher erased Johnny Damon with a groundout, and then struck out Jeter.

On the ninth pitch of the at-bat and his th pitch of the night, Carmona made Rodriguez whiff with a 97 mph sinker on the inside corner to finish the frame. The bugs dispersed shortly after the ninth, and Cleveland capped off the wild night in the 11th. It set off an ear-splitting celebration that felt bigger than an ALDS victory—it was a burst of relief, an improbable comeback in the strangest of elements, and an iconic triumph that would be remembered by generations.

But as the midges descended onto Jacobs Field and messages flooded his inbox, he realized that he had to flip on the television to witness bug history. For Chamberlain, the person most affected by the midges, the night probably has a different tint.

Despite the electric start to his career, he never developed into the lights-out performer many thought he would become.

I actually met the kid that bought it in Spring Training the next year. Anthony Castrovince has been a reporter for MLB. Read his columns and follow him on Twitter at Castrovince. Cleveland Indians.