As the Red Sox and Yankees play another three-game set at Fenway Park this weekend, there is temptation to declare the rivalry dead. It’s been two decades since it was once heated. What would it take for baseball’s greatest rivalry to boil over like that again? 🔗: http://dlvr.it/TLL8yz - ThreadSky

theathletic.bsky.social • 3 days ago

As the Red Sox and Yankees play another three-game set at Fenway Park this weekend, there is temptation to declare the rivalry dead.

It’s been two decades since it was once heated. What would it take for baseball’s greatest rivalry to boil over like that again?

🔗: http://dlvr.it/TLL8yz

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kylegarret.bsky.social•3 days ago

Of course Boone says '03 and not '04.

theandyt.bsky.social•3 days ago

Maybe they just need another ump like Joe West getting everybody so pissed off that they feel the need to take it out on each other.

kwagnecht.bsky.social•3 days ago

It would take baseball to be less about boring analytics and more about the actual players playing the game again

shsportscards.bsky.social•3 days ago

Baseball has been at the forefront of letting players be themselves in the last decade, the Yankee-Red Sox rivalry just isn’t what it used to be. If you want to watch two teams play who truly hate each other watch Padres vs Dodgers

galacticmule.bsky.social•3 days ago

It would take 86 years of losing in operatic fashion by one team and unparalleled success by the other during that same time.

johnathanochonueve.bsky.social•3 days ago

Hey now, it's only been 16 years for one of them.

reditor.bsky.social•3 days ago

Both teams at the top of the AL

gwieman.bsky.social•3 days ago

The apostrophes in this graphic are facing the wrong direction.

toddching.bsky.social•3 days ago

As a Red Sox fan it's been really annoying that the current iteration of the Yankees isn't nearly as detestable as previous teams. Like, Aaron Judge just kinda seems like a good dude and that's way less fun. Plus, there just haven't been many overlapping years where we're both competitive.

lamegandalf.bsky.social•3 days ago

Let’s see if Hunter Dobbins plays a little chin music on Judge this weekend, like Pedro Martinez would have.

stacegotsbaseball.com•3 days ago

That would be really fucking stupid of him.

stlsparty.bsky.social•3 days ago

Just let it go…

ackbar7.bsky.social•3 days ago

This is dumb. It is probably still the most heated rivalry in baseball. What would beat it?
I don't need the players on the field to actually hate each other. They are division rivals. They are both usually good teams. Why wouldn't that be enough?

berzerkyzman.bsky.social•3 days ago

ESPN and Fox to stop promoting it like nothing has and will ever compare to it in history.

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