Red Sox Yankees Baseball Rivalry

The Boston Red Sox narrowly missed sweeping a three game series against the New York Yankees in what is likely to be the Red Sox last visit to old Yankee Stadium. 

After manhandling the Yankees the first two games of the series, the Red Sox blew a lead in the seventh inning to spoil a nice outing by Jon Lester.  The Sox lost the third game. 

There were a lot of great games played by these two teams in the old stadium. 

The Red Sox and Yankees will meet again this year at Fenway Park September 26th-28th.

The Red Sox will host the New York Yankees for a three game series at Fenway Park beginning Friday. 

The Friday night game will feature a great pitching matchup as Joba Chamberlin throws against Yankee killer Josh Beckett. 

As a bonus for the Red Sox, David Ortiz will return to the line-up after a long term stint on the diabled list due to a wrist injury, but Manny will not be in the starting line-up. 

The Red Sox are in a virtual tie with the Tampa Bay Rays while the Yankees are three games out of first.

Robert Correia aged 20 of Falmouth, Mass. is alleged to have attacked a New York man and the man’s car with a baseball bat.  The NY man was in stop and go traffic due to the end of a fireworks display.  Police report that because the NY man’s car had New York license plates, Mr. Correia assumed the man was a Yankees fan.  Police are looking for other suspects.

After winning the first two games versus the Yankees, the Red Sox had a great chance to take a third win last night with the bases loaded in the ninth inning with no outs, but the Sox were unable to get it done.  The Sox are now four games out of first place, but there is half a season yet to play and it is very unlikely the Rays will be able to sustain their lead with so many games to be played versus the Sox and Yankees.

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.

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.