Wallace Matthews has covered New York sports since 1983 as a reporter, columnist, radio host and TV commentator. He covers the Yankees for ESPNNewYork.com after working for Newsday, the New York Post, the New York Sun and ESPN New York 98.7 FM. Follow Wallace on Twitter »Chat archive »Follow on Twitter
BOSTON -- Fenway Park might have the reputation of being a hostile environment for a visiting ballclub to have to play in, but over the past five years, John Updike's "lyric little bandbox of a ballpark" has been downright friendly to the New York Yankees.
