I’ve been waiting for this moment since I was watching games with my mom in 2004, ’05, ’06, ’07, to play in this atmosphere," Rafaela said. Born in 2000, he inherited Red Sox fandom from his mother.

Boston Red Sox center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela did more than just blast a walk-off home run against the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday, also matching Nomar Garciaparra with his 12-game explosion at the plate.

"I've been waiting for this moment since I was watching games with my mom in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007," Rafaela said after his walk-off homer.

Any time an announcer screams the words, "HE KILLED IT," you know the call is a classic. NESN play-by-play man Dave O'Brien seemed to be experiencing the same emotions as every Sox fan who jumped up from their seat in Fenway or from their couch at home when Rafaela made contact with the 1-2 pitch from Drew Fairbanks.