The Yankees and the Red Sox have history with one another, if you haven’t heard. It’s filled with beef, humiliation, crushed dreams, and broken spirits. It’s called The Rivalry or #TheRivalry if you’re on the Twitter. Good for you if you’re not. This heated rivalry was pretty one-sided on the pinstriped side for a good decade or eight. Now’s it’s even. Now it’s back. MLB finally has what it wants again.
From the beginning of the season, MLB was excited that both the Red Sox and Yankees would likely be at the top of baseball’s food chain.