Koji Uehara celebrates ALCS win by spanking David Ortiz (GIF)

You wouldn't exactly call the Red Sox 1-0 victory over the Tigers a spanking but, after the game, there was a little open hand-on-butt action to be seen.

After closer Koji Uehara shut down the Tigers in the bottom of the ninth to close out the game, nobody seemed happier for Uehara than David Ortiz who hoisted the Japanese star onto his shoulders and trucked him around the infield. Uehara thanked him in turn with an enthusiastic spanking.

Call it a low five.

The Fifty Shades of Grey treatment might be payback for the lap-dance Uehara gave Ortiz after the Sox won the ALDS last week (GIF below).

It's nice to see such bonding in the clubhouse.

Jake Peavy talks about his special (and very large) good luck charm (VIDEO)

Good luck charms come in all shapes and sizes but I don't think there has been one as big as Jake Peavy's American Indian cigar store statue.

Before your PC meter flies off the charts, Peavy (who is part American Indian) bought the statuette at an antique shop in San Francisco after the two shared a special moment during an August road trip. The good-luck charm has since allegedly healed Jacoby Ellsbury, grown a beard and delivered valuable input in team meetings. Peavy talked about his new friend Tuesday before Boston defeated the Rays in Game 4 of the ALDS.

Sometimes these things work. Although it doesn't hurt to have Koji Uehara coming out of the bullpen either.

David Ortiz gets celebratory lap-dance from Koji Uehara after beating Rays (GIF)

There was champagne popping, major league ballplayers cheering and what looked like like a lap-dance in the middle of it all down in Tampa last night.  A scene at the notorious Mons Venus strip club? Nope. It was actually the Boston Red Sox cutting loose after defeating the Tampa Bay Rays in four games in the ALDS.

David Ortiz was so happy he even hoisted Koji Uehara and took him for a dry-hump around the locker room.

Bring on the girls ALCS.