No play in sports was repeated on the highlight shows Monday more than Jacoby Ellsbury's steal of home in the fifth inning of Sunday's win over the Yankees. The play was still the talk of the Red Sox clubhouse as well.

Ellsbury said he received ``over 30'' text messages from friends and family. He hadn't gotten so many since the Red Sox won the World Series in 2007.

Looking back on the play, Ellsbury said he simply felt the urge to take off after seeing Yankee pitcher Andy Pettitte's slow wind up on the second pitch to batter J.D. Drew.

"I knew if he was going into his windup again, I was going to take off," he said. "I knew I had a great shot at making it. That's the reason I went."

Ellsbury actually stumbled a bit before he lunged into a full-belly slide into the plate under catcher Jorge Posada's glove. That awkward move moved Drew to say "it worked out good all the way around other than Ellsy tripping and falling over home plate."

While Drew seemed taken aback as Ellsbury tore down the third base line, he insisted that was not the case.

"I'm not the guy who steals home. I'm the guy who tries not to kill the guy who steals home," said Drew. "I saw him coming the whole way. In that situation I didn't want to give it away by backing out of the box or anything to speed Andy up. I could see his complete focus was on me. I could feel Ellsy coming. I almost squared around to bunt to keep Posada back but then Andy sped up and flipped the ball in there."

A perfect night for baseball
The beautiful, 75-degree night was perfect for baseball. The only sign of a pending weather change was a stiff wind that blew stright out to right field. Tuesday's forecast calls for a lengthy period of rain. This is the Red Sox' only trip to Progressive Field this season...T he Indians were offering fans a 50-percent off deal on box seats for the series. You could walk up to the ticket office and buy a $25 box seat ... Senior PGA Tour star Jay Haas threw out the first pitch.