Red Sox-Yankees in October is like being from New Jersey: You either get it or you don’t.
If you are a baseball fan and don’t get what is at stake Monday night in Game 3 of the ALDS at Yankee Stadium with the best-of-five affair tied 1-1, double up on the bourbon.
Had the Yankees or Red Sox won the first two games, Monday’s tilt would have lost some juice. Because the Red Sox won Game 1 when Giancarlo Stanton and Gleyber Torres failed to hit in the clutch, and the Yankees copped Game 2 by punishing David Price again, Game 3 falls into the category of “The Biggest Game Of The Year’’ for each club because the winner moves nine innings away from advancing to the ALCS.