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Yankees takeaways: The sleeping giant is awake following brawl

What a monumental mistake the Red Sox made during their 10-7 defeat to the Yankees on a bitterly cold evening at Fenway Park on Wednesday.

It’s almost as if the Sox wanted to shake the Yanks from their early-season doldrums. What began when shortstop Blake Holt and his feathered hair, made a mountain out of a molehill, eventually erupted into Mt. Vesuvius when Yankee first baseman, Tyler Austin, threw down the gauntlet.

As Holt insinuated towards the New York Times, the Sox got more than they could handle.

“I thought it was over,” Holt said.