Mookie: The Yankees "Were In Our Way ... Now They're Out Of Our Way."

And in the early hours of Wednesday morning, thousands of Yankee fans realized they had made a terrible mistake by insisting, "We want Boston!"

Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY:

The Boston Red Sox ... have turned Yankee Stadium into their personal nightclub.

The Red Sox, for the second time in 19 days, danced and partied on the Yankee Stadium infield, sprayed champagne and beer over one another in the visiting clubhouse, and partied Tuesday night like the ball was dropping on New Year's Eve in Times Square.

The Red Sox, after clinching the American League East Division title in New York just three weeks ago, returned for the after-hours party, winning the AL Division Series with a 4-3 victory over the Yankees, taking the best-of-five series 3-1. ...

"They were the team we had to beat," MVP favorite Mookie Betts said. "They were in our way where we wanted to go. Now, they're out of our way." ...

The Red Sox not only outscored the Yankees 20-4 at Yankee Stadium, but after Gary Sanchez's three-run homer in the seventh inning of Game 2 at Fenway Park, the Yankees hit .149 with only three extra-base hits. The Yankees, who set the major-league record with 267 home runs this season, didn't hit a single homer at Yankee Stadium. It was the first time they went homerless in back-to-back games at Yankee Stadium since April 7-8 against the Baltimore Orioles.

The Yankees' offense was so abysmal that it hit just .154 with one extra-base hit with runners in scoring position, compared to .400 with five extra-base hits for the Red Sox. The Yankees scored their only four runs at home on two sacrifice flies, a fielder's choice and a hit-by-pitch. ...

So, go ahead, you still want to question the Red Sox? You want to doubt that they can come up big on the biggest stage? ...

"Anybody outside the clubhouse can say what they want," Sale said, "but we know who we are. Just keep doubting us. Keep talking. We'll get the last laugh." ...

[T]he Red Sox celebrat[ed] at Yankee Stadium as if the joint belongs to them, making this celebration so much sweeter since it caused so much pain to the sellout crowd of 49,641.

Elias Sports Bureau (Twitter): "The 7–8–9 spots in Boston's batting order combined for 7 hits, 6 runs and 6 RBIs last night [ALDS Game 3]. It was only the 3rd time that the bottom three batters in a starting lineup combined for 6+ hits, 6+ runs and 6+ RBIs in a postseason game."

One of the other two games was the Red Sox's 23-7 win over Cleveland in ALDS Game 4 on October 10, 1999: Jason Varitek (5-5-4-3), Darren Lewis (5-3-3-1), and Trot Nixon (3-3-2-5) combined for 9 hits, 11 runs, and 9 RBI. (Also: Scott Hatteberg (1-1-1-1) was a sub for Varitek.)

Inside Edge Scout (Twitter): "Stanton has swung and missed 13 times on 14 swings against Kimbrel's slider in his career."