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The Yankees-Red Sox rivalry is one of the longest and most bitter rivalries in American professional sports. For nearly 90 years, baseball's New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox of the American League have been chief rivals, compounded by their geographic proximity and the relative success of the Yankees in comparison to the relative frustration of the Red Sox. The Yankees have the advantage in the all-time series with a record of 1,060-879 (.547) through the 2005 season. The Yankees also hold lopsided advantages in World Series Championships (26 to 6) and World Series appearances (39 to 10).

 

Since the inception of the wild card team and an added Division Series, the American League East rivals have squared off in the American League Championship Series three times, the Yanks winning twice in 1999 and 2003, and the Sox winning once in 2004. In addition, the teams have met in the last regular season series of a season to decide the title, in 1904 (where the Red Sox won), and 1949 and 2005 (where the Yankees won). In 1978, the teams finished tied for first, and the Yankees won a one-game playoff that most Red Sox fans who were alive then vividly remember to this day.

Recent Rivalry Moments

October 11, 2003: In the top of the fourth inning of Game 3 of the ALCS at Fenway Park, Red Sox starting pitcher Pedro Martinez hits Yankee batter Karim Garcia, prompting an argument between the two players, which ends with both teams exiting the dugouts. In the bottom half on the inning, a pitch from Roger Clemens to Manny Ramirez is high and inside, and the benches clear with both sides brawling. Martinez shoves Yankee bench coach Don Zimmer, who falls to the ground. Later, midway through the ninth inning, Yankee pitcher Jeff Nelson fights with a Fenway Park groundskeeper in the bullpen, shortly joined by Garcia, who jumps over the outfield wall.

* October 16, 2003: Holding a 5-2 lead in the eighth inning of Game 7 at Yankee Stadium, Red Sox manager Grady Little elects to leave starter Pedro Martinez on the mound. Martinez proceeds to give up four hits and three runs in the inning, allowing the Yankees to tie the game. In the bottom of the eleventh inning, leadoff hitter Aaron Boone hits a solo home run off of Tim Wakefield to left field, ending the game and the series, giving the Yankees their 39th American League pennant.
* February 15, 2004: Reigning American League MVP Alex Rodriguez, who had been courted by the Red Sox for nearly three months, is traded from the Texas Rangers to the Yankees.

* July 24, 2004: Alex Rodriguez and Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek initiate a bench clearing brawl after Rodriguez is hit by a pitch from Bronson Arroyo. Both players are ejected from the game. Later in the game, Red Sox third baseman Bill Mueller hits a walk-off home run off Yankee reliever Mariano Rivera.

* October 15, 2004: The Yankees defeat the Red Sox 19-8 at Fenway Park in Game 3 of the ALCS, taking a 3-0 lead in the series.

* October 16, 2004: David Ortiz keeps the Red Sox alive with a two run walk-off home run in the bottom of the twelfth inning of Game 4, completing a comeback in which the Yankees entered the ninth inning only three outs away from their 40th American League pennant. The next night, Ortiz would end the longest game in ALCS history with a walk-off single in the bottom of the fourteenth inning.

* October 20, 2004: The Red Sox defeat the Yankees 10-3 in Game 7 at Yankee Stadium, becoming the first team in baseball history to win a seven-game series after losing the first three games, and giving the team its 11th American League pennant. The Red Sox go on to win their first World Championship in 86 years with a 4-0 sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2004 World Series.

* April 14, 2005: Yankee rightfielder Gary Sheffield is hit in the head by a Red Sox fan while trying to pick up a fair ball in right field at Fenway Park. In response, Sheffield pushes the fan. The conflict is quickly stopped by security guards. The fan was ejected from the game and stripped of his season tickets.

* December 20, 2005: Red Sox outfielder Johnny Damon signs a four-year, $52 million contract with the Yankees, joining Boggs and Clemens among the most high-profile defections from Boston to New York in recent years.

* December 15, 2006: The Boston Red Sox sign a Japanese pitching sensation known as Daisuke Matsuzaka. After a topsy-turvy month of negotiations, the Red Sox -- according to multiple media reports -- have at last landed Japanese pitching sensation Daisuke Matsuzaka, completing the most heralded international signing in team history. According to the Boston Herald, all that remains before the deal is official is approval from Major League Baseball.