Sox punish cocky Yankees
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BOSTONâThese Yankees are an arrogant bunch. Six consecutive first-place finishes tend to do that. But very rarely do you see a team in the heat of a pennant race facing the team chasing them send out a starting pitcher just to see him get work.
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In walloping the Yankees 10-1 on Saturday, the Red Sox appear to have restored the oomph to their season.
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With the offense rumbling and Jon Lieber in command, the Yankees walloped Boston at misty, wind-whipped Yankee Stadium.
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NEW YORK - They clung to hope that the Red Sox would choke at the last minute and once again fail to win the World Series, but when it didn't happen, some Yankees fans yesterday begrudgingly gave the Sox their due.
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NEW YORK The Yankees could not help but watch the scoreboard. Their heads swiveled repeatedly toward the outfield as hit after hit for Cleveland sailed over or against the wall.
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Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez may be the glamour boys at the top of the Yankees' batting order, but it was the engine room in the 3-4-5 spots that croaked the Red Sox last night in New York's 10-7 win in Game 1 of the ALCS.
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As if the Yankees and the Red Sox did not have enough reasons to hate each other, Joba Chamberlainâs two wayward fastballs have added another wrinkle.
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Against a nothing-to-lose team such as the Kansas City Royals, the Yankees&#39; manager wanted his team to put down the hammer early and not let baseball&#39;s second worst team believe it had a chance.
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I am here to help. As we embark on another installment of the fabled Red Sox-Yankees rivalry, it will be my job to make sure you are not bowled over by the usual waves of emotion that accompany this long, painful exercise in futility.
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You did it again, didn't you? You fell into the trap that these fun-loving, baseball-bashing Red Sox set for you. You became so enamored with their irreverence and their pizazz and their long hair and their long-ball capabilities, you actually convinced yourself they were better than the New York Yankees.
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BOSTON - In the giddiness of the Red Sox clubhouse last night, Pedro Martinez couldn&#39;t resist a jab at all the New Yorkers who had serenaded him last week.
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Going into game six of the American League Championship Series on Saturday, the Red Sox, fresh off a victory, are acting a lot looser.
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Minneapolis -- They were down by four runs. They were five outs from defeat. Hmmm. You think the Yankees were actually worried about losing?
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Curt Schilling and Pedro Martinez couldn&#39;t bring the Boston Red Sox a win against the New York Yankees in the first two games of the AL championship series.
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TO CALL it premature elation would be wrong: having spectacularly vanquished the New York Yankees, their smugly superior rivals and progenitors of âThe Curseâ, the Boston Red Sox nation was entitled to party as if there was no tomorrow.
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Joba Chamberlain, the newest New York villain in the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry thanks to a pair of fastballs that nearly nailed Kevin Youkilis in the head, has at least one friend in the Boston clubhouse.
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The Red Sox, seemingly in control of their division only a week ago, are feeling the heat from the Yankees, bringing back memories of a notorious collapse in their past.