Sox hope to ring in next year with the Yankees
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-- More than the Curse is at stake for the Red Sox, who would love to have bragging rights after getting bullied by their New York brethren for so many decades.
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It's still early, but it's not too hard to anticipate a showdown coming between the Yankees and Red Sox in the next round.
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As the Red Sox embark on the American League Championship Series rematch that somehow always seemed fated to happen, they understand that their reward could go even beyond a trip to the World Series.
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Even the uninitiated know the significance of a series between the Red Sox and Yankees. They also understand the importance of keeping the rivalry in perspective, regardless of the enmity. Perhaps easier said than done before you experience it up close and personal, as Jason Varitek and Alex Rodriguez did the last time the teams met.
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The New York Yankees begin their quest towards a 27th World Series title on Tuesday when they welcome the Minnesota Twins to the Bronx for Game
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Boston was tingling with anticipation on Saturday as the Red Sox prepared to host Game One of the World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals and take a step toward ridding themselves of a hex that has hung over the team for eight decades.
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TORONTO -- The next time Curt Schilling takes the ball for the Red Sox, it will be on the cusp of September, in the opener of a Fenway Park series next Tuesday against the Anaheim Angels, a team as hot as the Sox in August and one as bent as playing in October as the Olde Towne Team.
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Even in the dead of winter, Alex Rodriguez and Curt Schilling are still going at it. "I just hope he continues to talk about me and my teammates," the New York Yankees' third baseman said Friday. "It's going to give us great motivation to beat him up in the future."
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They were three outs from the World Series with Mr. Automatic on the mound, three outs from a champagne shampoo. And suddenly, with one swing of David Ortiz's bat, the Yankees were getting ready to play the Red Sox again this afternoon.
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Oki-palooza, one of the summer's unexpected pleasures for the Red Sox, has picked an inopportune time to look like it has run its course, especially when the Yankees are involved.
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IT&#39;S crunch time for baseball&#39;s fiercest rivals as the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees prepare to play each other six times in the next 10 days.
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In a surely inevitable ALCS rematch, the Red Sox are confident this time they have the edge. By MARC TOPKIN, Times Staff Writer. BOSTON - They&#39;ve been intertwined for most of the past 12 months, since Aaron
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The Boston Red Sox&#39;s history-making comeback to win the American League championship at least temporarily turned New York Yankee dominance on its head.
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It was one of those just-between-slugger moments: David Ortiz huddling with Barry Bonds when the Giants visited Fenway Park last weekend.
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The Boston Red Sox will try to get Curt Schilling ready for another World Series start. They certainly hope they don't need to use him.
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The Yankees head to Boston this weekend for a crucial three-game series that could help determine the winner of the American League East, but at least New York now knows
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The last time the Boston Red Sox visited Yankee Stadium, Derek Jeter was hurtling headfirst into the stands, Nomar Garciaparra was sulking in the dugout and New York was pulling away in the AL East.