It was a kid's dream, the night-time fantasy of a ten-year-old.  He steps into the batter's box at Fenway Park, taps his bat on home plate, then slowly raises his head to stare down the Green Monster.  Smacking a line drive to left was no big deal—a single for sure, a double if it hit the wall.  But the kid wants to launch one, lift it into the net. In the d [...]