Red Sox Yankees Baseball Rivalry

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Yankees head to Fenway Park for chilly spring games versus the Sox on April 11-13th.  The Sox then visit Yankees Stadium the next week for a short two game stint beginning April 16th.  The two teams will not meet again until July 3rd.