BOSTON -- The Red Sox are halfway to a World Series title with two wins down and two to go, as the match-up moves to Colorado for Game 3 Saturday night.

All the late games are making people pretty tired for work the next day, some managers say, but many feel it's worth it.

NewsCenter 5's Steve Lacy reported that with 8:30 p.m. games ending about midnight, some fans have fine-tuned their strategies for staying awake at work the day after.

"Coffee, three times a day, and then a nap between work and the game starting at 8 p.m.," said Suzanne Rudnick. She works at the Boston Phoenix newspaper next door to Fenway Park.

The Sox themselves got an early call Friday morning after playing late Thursday night. They boarded buses before sunrise for the ride to the airport and a flight to Denver for the next game.

The Sox enjoy a two-game lead after a strong performance by pitcher Curt Schilling in what may be one of his last starts at Fenway Park.

"Whatever happens is going to happen," Schilling said, explaining that he's been too busy trying to help the team win a World Series to think about becoming a free agent next year. That means contract negotiations with the Sox, something he said he'll just have to think about some other time.

Schilling gave much of the credit for the Game 2 win to fellow pitchers Hideki Okajima and Jonathan Papelbon who sewed up the match after Schilling left the mound to a crowd ovation.

"Much like all year our bullpen's been dominating and tonight we had to have it and they both answered the bell," Schilling said.

"Obviously we love to have fun and obviously we all love challenges and I think we all kind of just feed off each other," Papelbon said.

So, while some workers may be sneaking into cubicles a little late the past few weeks, some bosses are letting it slide in the belief that a happy worker is a productive worker.

"There is no better morale booster than the Red Sox in the World Series and taking the first two games, so I will take that over timeliness and attentiveness at my morning meeting any day of the week," the Phoenix's Lee Frankl said.