Has Yankees vs. Red Sox become passe? Maybe, since the Red Sox have shown after their two recent World Series wins that they are no longer the Yankees’ perrennial bridesmaids. Sure, during the course of the season there are important head-to-head games between the two teams, but with the resurgence of the Phillies in the past 5 or so years, and the 2009 Phillies-Yankees World Series, that Phillies fans’ hatred of the Yankees is approaching that of the Boston fans. Comments like “Yankees fans don’t consider Philadelphia to be a legitimate sports town” only deepens the hatred that Philadelphia has for all things New York.
So it was nice this afternoon to see the Red Sox, struggling after an 0-6 start to this season, to spank the crap out of the Yankees and earn their first win, 9-6. Too bad Cliff Lee took the Phillies’ second loss tonight, 6-3, to Atlanta.
Oh, and Manny Ramirez retired today, rather than face a 100 game suspension for his second failed drug test.