Steve Buckley, The Athletic:
Yankees fans were grinding their hands into dust last night in the Bronx, using them to keep to the beat of a very important message: "We want Boston!"
Of course they do. Just as Boston wants New York. ...
No real Red Sox fan was hoping for the [Athletics] ...
It'll be the Yankees vs. the Red Sox in [the] best-of-five Division Series, and, as you may have heard, it'll be the first time these two ancient rivals have met in the postseason since that magical night in 2004 when the Sox put the Yanks out of their misery in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series to complete the greatest comeback in hardball history.