The Rivalry

Ryan Goodman Nicholas Sulak

MLB (Major League Baseball)

!! Originated in 1869 !! Today- 2 Leagues, 6 Divisions, 2 Wild Cards !! American League & National League (15 teams per)
!! !! !! !! East- 5 Teams Central- 5 Teams West- 5 Teams Wild Card

!! 30 teams (29 US, 1 Canadian team) !! 162 games per regular season (April-September) !! 4 round playoff- played in October/November (Wild Card, Divisional, League, World Series)

New York Yankees

!! American League East !! 27 World Series Titles, 18 Division Titles !! Bronx Borough in New York City (Yankee Stadium) !! Originally Baltimore Orioles (1901-1902) Moved to NY-NY Highlanders (1903)-Yankees (1913) !! Steinbrenner Family- owners since 1973 !! 44 players in the Hall of Fame were Yankees, including Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra
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Boston Red Sox

!! American League East !! 8 World Series Titles !! Play at Fenway Park (Oldest Stadium) !! Founded in 1901- Boston Americans !! 1908- Boston Red Sox !! Only team with 3 World Series in 21st century !! Yawkey Family owned team until 2002 (70 years) !! Today- New England Sports Ventures owns the team
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Stadiums
!! Fenway Park (Boston)
!! Oldest ballpark in the majors-1912 !! Famous for the Green Monster in left field, Peskys Pole !! Small attendance- sold out May 15, 2003-April 10, 2013 (820 Games)

!! Yankees Stadium (New & Old) (New York City)

!! Monument Park !! Old Stadium 1923-2008 (All-Star Game 2008)
!! House that Ruth built

!! New Stadium
!! World Series first season !! Right Field-short, balls fly out N

Terry Francona
!! Competition among broadcasters !! T.V. ratings jump !! Number of viewers jump !! Ticket prices increase
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I think they like baseball. It's revenue, and I know

that's their right and their interest because they're owners ... and they're good owners. But they don't love the game. Terry Francona
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The Rivalry
!! May 7th, 1903- The Rivalry started
!! First fight at the first game
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!! Hollywood Gets Involved !! Trailer of the rivalry !! First playoff series-1999 (98 years of regular season)
!! Pedro Martinez struck out 12 in a game !! Yankees won World Series- 11-1 record

!! Series always long and grueling

!! Longest game- 1967- Yankee Stadium, 20 innings Yankees won 4-3 R

Domain
Red Sox
!! Massachusetts !! Maine !! New Hampshire !! Rhode Island !! Vermont !! Connecticut

Yankees
!! New York !! New Jersey !! Vermont !! Connecticut

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Key players
!! Babe Ruth-Helped Red Sox traded to the Yankees (1919) Curse of the Bambino !! 1940s!! Ted Williams- 1941- Hit .400 avg. !! Joe DiMaggio- 1941- 56 game hit streak

!! 1950s-1960s- Yankees for years

!! Bucky Dent- 1978- 3 run homerun beating the Red Sox !! Roger Maris- 1961- 60 Homeruns (Ruth) beat it last game- against Red Sox

Key players
!! 1990s-2000s
!! David Oritz-2004 ALCS
!! Games 4 -Walk off hit in 12th - Homerun !! Game 5- Walk off hit in 14th - Single

!! Aaron Boone- 2003 ALCS

!! Game 7- Walk off hit in 11th - Homerun

Fights
!! 1952- Jimmy Piersal (Red Sox) and Billy Martin (Yankees) !! 1967- Double Header
!! First game Joe Foy hits a grand slam !! Second Game
!! Thad Tillotson (Yankee Pitcher) !! Jim Longborg (Red Sox Pitcher)

!! 1973- Thurman Munson Barrels Into Carlton Fisk

1974
!! Red Sox fan throws a dart at Yankee Player Chris Chambliss !! Lou Piniella slides feet first into Carlton Fisk !! Bill Lee (Red Sox) and Graig Nettles (Yankee)
!! Dislocated shoulder !! Out for a majority of the season

Boston Massacre
!! Mid July 1978 Boston has a 14.5 game lead over the Yankees !! Red Sox began playing worse !! Yankees began improving !! Red Sox lead dropped to 4 games
!! 4 Game series with the Yankees

!! Yankees sweep the Red Sox

!! 42-9 in runs

!! Boston came back to tie the season with the Yankees

!! Game 163- Yankees won 3-2 (elimination game)
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2003
!! Game 1- 3 Homeruns for the Red Sox
!! Red Sox-5 Yankees-2

!! Game 2- Pettitte pitched great game

!! Yankees-6 Red Sox-2

!! Game 3- Brawl-Pedro & Garcia/Clemens & Ramirez/ Pedro & Zimmer

!! Yankees-4 Red Sox-3

!! Game 4- Red Sox evened the series

!! Red Sox-3 Yankees-2
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2003
!! Game 5- Pitching dual: David Wells & Marino Rivera
!! Yankees-4 Red Sox-2

!! Game 6- Red Sox threw the kitchen sink (6 pitchers)

!! Red Sox-9 Yankees-6

!! Game 7- Aaron Boone Sends Yankees to World Series

!! Yankees-6 Red Sox-5 (11 innings)

2004-Yankees Dominate
!! Game 1- Yankees win 10-7
!! Yankees take it, was not easy !! 7 & 8 inning rally by Red Sox

!! Game 2- Yankees win 3-1

!! Pitchers dual !! John Olerud hit tie breaking 2-run homerun

!! Game 3- Yankees win 19-8

!! 37 hits, 20 extra-base hits both teams !! Yankees always were one step above the Red Sox

2004-Not! The Comeback

!! Game 4-Start of the comeback
!! Boston wins 6-4 in 12 innings

!! Game 5- Boston wins 5-4 in 14 innings

!! 6 hour game

!! Game 6- Boston wins 11-6

!! A-Rod Slapping the ball !! Curt Schilling- Bloody Sock

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2004-Not! The Comeback

!! Game 7- Boston wins 10-3
!! Damon Grand slam & 2-run homerun

!! The Idiots- Won the World Series

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Curse of the Bambino

!! 86 year drought of winning a World Series title
!! 1918-2004

!! Red Sox sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees-1919 !! Before- Red Sox won first World Series and 5 in total !! After- Yankees took over as the best team for decades
!! Winning 26 World Series titles

!! 2004- Red Sox broke the Curse beating the St. Louis Cardinals

Curse Lifted

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The Curse That Failed

!! Yankees Stadium
!! April 2008 !! David Ortiz jersey found in concrete !! Sent back to Boston-raffle off for Jimmy Fund (Cancer)

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2013
!! Red Sox won the World Series (Boston Strong)
!! Fear the beard

!! Yankees did not make playoffs

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!! Season has been no different- still strong series, still long games !! Key Events!! Ryan Dempster threw at A-Rod (Aug. 19) !! Boston Marathon- New York played Sweet Caroline (April 15) !! Mariano Rivera- Boston fans applauded
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2013- Key Events

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2013- Key Events

I have to admit that I get the crankies When somebody mentions the damn New York Yankees I just do not like them, its one of my gripes They strut around wearing their fancy pinstripes There is one exception, someone I dont blame A prince of a fellow, Riveras his name Hes top notch, a class act, the finest youll meet He helps sweet old ladies while crossing the street Its hard not to like him although hes a foe Hes a wonderful guy, hes Mariano In closing out ball games, well, its understood Hes the best of all time, that guy is good Hes saved games forever, to tell you the truth I think that he played with both Gehrig and Ruth Were hed not a Yankee, hed rate an A plus Good luck, Mariano. But not against us

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- Dick Flavin Poet Laureate, Boston Red Sox bronxbaseballdaily.com

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