my brother and i have be watch and re watch twilight zone since they first an live back in the early 60 . this episode have always be one of our favorite . the big tall wish be a great tale of hope and expectation wrap subtly in the history of race . the scene in which the impressible kid who make the big wish be quite memorable . . . please and please . . . . my brother and i would talk about when we would potentially need to make the big wish . and then it happen . . . my brother jeff and who live in los angeles and have be in new york during the alcs series . be both ardent red sox fan for over 20 year at that point and we be really bum by the way the series be go . the night before he be leave to go back to la be almost the last straw . the sox lose to go down 3 1. jeff and who have ticket to the game the next day state forlornly i be go home to a funeral . the game the next day be close but the sox find themselves down by 3 enter the last at bat . don baylor hit a hr to bring them within 1 run . with 2 out and a man on and dave hindu henderson come to the plate . the angel counter with their top reliever and donnie moore . my brother and sit in the left field bleacher and sense the impact of the moment and close his eye and make the big tall wish . hindu promptly launch one into and of all place and the left field bleacher . although the angel tie it up and the red sox eventually win the game and go on to win the series . my brother call my right after the game hysterical and mumble something about make the big tall wish . i know immediately what have happen and how our mutual adoration with this series and and in particular and this episode have change the course of history . at least from our distorted perspective .