Early on in the Celtics’ 105-87 opening night victory over the Philadelphia 76ers, a jam-packed TD Garden enjoyed perhaps the very loudest cheer of a night filled with excitement.
It wasn’t for the Celtics. It was for something 1,800 miles away.
Halfway across the country in Houston, Texas, Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a baseball very hard. In the eighth inning of a tightly contested second game of the American League Championship Series, Bradley crushed a fastball far over the right field wall for a grand slam, extending the Boston lead to an imposing 8-2.