Red Sox Yankees Baseball Rivalry

As the Red Sox head into June 28th, they have a half game lead in the AL East over the young and talented Tampa Bay Rays.

The Yankees have pulled over .500 and are closing the gap in the AL Wild Card race.

The Red Sox will head into Yankees Stadium for a 4 game series over the 4th of July weekend 25 years after the Red Sox were no-hit by Yankee pitcher Dave Righetti.

Terry Francona will take over the manager’s office at Yankees Stadium during the All-Star Game at Yankees Stadium. The winning managers of the AL and NL championship teams manage the All-Star teams and as the manager of the World Series winning Red Sox, Terry manages the AL Team.

The Yankees then head to Fenway Park at the end of the month as the Sox host a three game series.

According to the New York Times, the New York Yankees are taking issue with a State Farm “Call Your Shot” promotion scheduled to be held at the All-Star Game at Yankees Stadium this July.  State Farm has chosen Red Sox slugger David Ortiz to play the part of Babe Ruth and will attempt to predict which location he will hit a home run. 

The promo is meant to pay homage to an urban legend where Babe Ruth is alleged to call his home run shot in the 1932 World Series.  Film of the Ruth at bat shows that Ruth did not call his home run.  The Yankees, MLB and State Farm may use a loophole in the contract to replace Ortiz or scrap the idea altogether.

According to Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Gino Castignoli, the Bronx Red Sox fan/construnction worker involved in planting a fascimile David Ortiz Boston Red Sox jersey into wet cement at the site of the new Yankees Stadium left an additional Red Sox artifact in the wet cement. The cement mason has told friends also laid an official program from the 2004 Red Sox Yankees American League Championship Series into the cement in addition to the jersey. The mason has also told frinds that the jersey and program are just the tip of the iceberg in regards to his efforts The 2004 AL Championship Series was the first instance of a baseball team losing a series when up 3 games to zero. Could that help explain why the New York Yankees are currently in the American League East basement? See the video from MSNBC. 

Former steroid user and current New York Yankee Jason Giambi has a superstition and rountinely wears a gold thong under his uniform when trying to snap out of a slump. He has loaned it to Jeter. Get ready for Giambi to backtrack on this or say he was joking or misquoted.

The Yankees are looking for unpaid volunteers to work some of the All-Star game festivities. Why is a multi-billion dollar enterprise looking for unpaid labor?

Media reported that an argument over New York Yankees sticker may have caused a Yankees fan to run over Boston Red Sox fan.  Ivonne Hernandez of Nashua, New hampshire was arraigned Monday on reckless second-degree murder, aggravated driving while intoxicated and multiple counts of reckless conduct.   Prosecutors say the accused was intoxicated when she ran down two people early Friday after exchanging words with them about the Yankees Red Sox rivalry after leaving a bar killing a 29 year old NH Red Sox fan.

Behind an impressive 8-inning outing by pitcher Josh Beckett and two monster home runs by Manny Ramirez, the Red Sox gained a split of the two game series by winning 7-5.  The Red Sox now lead the AL East and will not face the Yankees again until July.

The Red Sox really have the Cleveland Indians’ number.  After two amazing ninth inning victories versus the Cleveland Indians, the Red Sox are on their way to Yankees Stadium for a short two game series versus the Bronx Bombers.

Too early for the Red Sox vs. Yankees?  Maybe its the cool damp Boston April weather, but this most recent series has not had too much excitement.  Perhaps it is more likely due to the fact that Derek Jeter has not played any of these games.  Still, 3 games down, sixteen more to go.  It is going to be a long season.

A Boston Red Sox fan, who also worked on the construction crew for the new Yankees Stadium, had laid a David Ortiz Red Sox jersey in the concrete of the new stadium in a bid to jinx the New York Yankees.  The Yankees exhumed the Ortiz jersey on Sunday and may sue the construction worker.  The Yankees may put the jersey up for charitable auction.