Rubber Game
One of the greatest rivalry's in all of sports (the only one I know of that can be seen as a true rivalry), The Boston RedSox vs. The New York Yankees. Game three of the tied series will be played tonight. The rubber game as they say. My beloved Redsox, always the underdog. If you don't follow baseball. I suggest you try to watch and learn about the game. To the outsiders of the sport, it seems a slow game. "Way to boring" some say. To the uneducated on the sport, it may seem a bit like golf. But to those who know what each pitch means. The 3 balls 1 strike count, with "BIG PAPPI" David Ortiz at the plate. You know he has the green light from the manager. They can't walk him because Manny Ramirez is up next. Don't want to have anyone on base when Manny comes up. The most feared one two punch in all of baseball, facing the evil empire. If you don't live in New England and your not a RedSox fan, I am so sorry. Even my wife, who despises all of professional sports, can't help but be a RedSox fan. For those who live in or about Baltimore, I am sorry. For those of you who live in Florida, I am truly sorry. To have never tasted a Fenway Frank at Fenway Park. To have never walked the concourse at Fenway Park on a breezy summers day, with the electricity flowing through the air charging each fan. No park has housed more history. No other park has such faithful fans. Who come year after year. The only park in all of baseball that sells out every single game (literally). Even without our 2004 world series win, they came. Never an empty seat in the house, never! When were losing 10 to 2, they stay, right up until the bottom of the ninth, they stay. Go to Yankee stadium when there down 7 to 2 in the bottom of the sixth, and you can sit anywhere you like. Not the Fenway Faithful. We love self punishment way to much to leave a losing game early. Meet any RedSox fan and they know each player and where their from. What their stats are. How pretty their wife is. You get the point. For 86 years we were the biggest losers in the sport, and the most proud of it. Now anything is possible. If the RedSox can put one under their belt anything is possible. The only thing just as sweet right now is beating the Yankees tonight. Doesn't matter who else we beat throughout the year. Winning tonight puts the yearly standings between us 3 to 1. Just like Darth Vader, Johnny Damon has turned to the dark side, and we need to teach him a lesson. Yes Johnny, George Steinbrenner is your father.
posted by Jim Fisher at 11:31 AM
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"One of the greatest rivalry's in all of sports (the only one I know of that can be seen as a true rivalry), The Boston RedSox vs. The New York Yankees."
Perhaps I grew up watching way too much hockey, but the Canadians and Bruins have quite the rivalry as well.
Although it is difficult to know if that feud still exists being way out here in western KS.
:-)
Also the St. Louis Blues and the Chicago Blackhawks had no love for each other either.
Yeah, the Bruins vs. Canadians used to be an excellent rivalry. Unfortunatly the Bruins have sucked for so many consecutive years now that the rivalry has lost most of its luster. I think a key ingredient to a good rivalry is that both teams need to be contenders. Like the 1980's Celtics vs Lakers. This is a big part of the reasons Sox vs Yankees is so great. Last nights RedSox victory put them in first place (they were tied prior).
I will say however that one of the things lacking in this rivalry is a hatred between the players. Like when Perdro Martineze pitched for us, he used to hate the Yankees, and every time they played them he would undoubtedly pick off someone. Then they would retaliate, and so on, until both benches cleared. The current rivalry is fueled more by the fans right now, but that will change as soon as Randy Johnson hits someone (they way he's throwing right now, it shouldn't take long).
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