The garage door wouldn't close at Fenway Park and chaos reigned over the third inning

Before the start of the third inning on Thursday, with the Red Sox and Yankees knotted at zero in the heat of a division race, something happened at Fenway Park. Not something involving the players or coaches or fans, but a mysterious malady within the 104-year-old ballpark itself. A garage door opened on the side wall and would not close. (And no, it wasn't because Manny Ramirez needed to go to the bathroom.)

Stadium employees sprinted furiously across the field in the door's direction, groundskeepers risked their lives -- balancing on flimsy buckets to shut the hatch -- and Sox players walked around nervously, hoping it would all end soon. Besides delaying the start of the third inning, why was everyone so anxious? What was living inside the century-old confines? Did the team not want some ancient spirit to escape? Did it, in fact, escape?
Nope, it seems the grounds crew was successful in closing the door and fending off any curses that might affect the Red Sox's eventual 7-5 win on Thursday: