Over the next week the Yankees and Red Sox will play each other five times--three games up at Fenway and two in the Bronx next week. Going into both series, there are some key injuries/bumps/bruises that could impact the outcomes of the games. On the Yankees side, Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada are day-to-day and for the Sox Mike Lowell just went to the DL and Cora (not impact at all) and Timlin are both day-to-day.
What can I say differently about the rivalry this year? Well, yet again for the second time in four years the Yankees are looking up at a team who won the World Series. And last year was the first time since 1997 that the Yankees lost the AL East title. So, from both standpoints there is something to prove again: that the Red Sox are better than the Yankees and that the Yankees want to reclaim what is theirs.
The rivalry this year could be fun when the young pitchers on both sides potentially face off against each other. Wouldn't a Chamberlain/Bucholz matchup be great? How about debating who the better centerfielder is, Ellsbury or Melky? These new faces on both sides are potentially future greats who will compete against each other for years to come for the same reasons as before.
I'm not going to make any predictions, like who wins these series or if a bean ball war will start. To put it simply the rivalry is different than it once was now that the Red Sox are the team to beat and looking like the better team this decade so far. I'll be watching and hope you all enjoy it as much as I will.
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