"The Miracle on Ice: A Game for the Ages in MLB History"

The year was 2004 and the Boston Red Sox were facing a virtually insurmountable challenge in the American League Championship Series (ALCS) against their arch-rivals, the New York Yankees. Down three games to none in a best-of-seven series, the Red Sox needed nothing short of a miracle to mount a comeback and advance to the World Series.

What followed was an epic battle that would go down in MLB history as one of the most thrilling and improbable postseason series of all time. Game 4 saw the Red Sox facing elimination yet again, but they fought back from a 4-3 deficit in the bottom of the ninth inning to tie the game and send it into extra innings. It was there that the real drama began.

The 12th inning saw the Yankees take a one-run lead, making it seem like the game (and the series) was all but over. But the Red Sox refused to go quietly, with outfielder David Ortiz delivering a dramatic two-out, two-run walk-off homer that sent the Fenway faithful into a frenzy. This was just the beginning of the comeback, as the Red Sox went on to win Games 5, 6, and 7 to complete the greatest comeback in MLB history and go on to win their first World Series in 86 years.

The Miracle on Ice, a term previously used to describe the 1980 US Olympic ice hockey team's stunning upset of the Soviet Union, was now being used to describe the Red Sox's historic ALCS comeback. It was a game and a series that would forever be etched in the annals of MLB history, a true testament to the power of perseverance, determination, and the never-say-die spirit of one of baseball's greatest franchises.