Can anyone tell me significant events in the NY Yankees/ B Red Sox rivalry over the years?
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The big one was the curse of the Babe. \n\nBoston traded Babe Ruth to the Yankees and that's when they started losing... and when the Yankees started winning.\n\nBoston always had a good team. ALWAYS... but they never won until 2 years ago.
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Here:\nhttp://www.worldbaseballclassic.com/2006/news/index.jsp?sid=wbc
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If it was just about the payroll, then the Yankees would win every year.  (Their payroll is almost double that of the Red Sox, by the way.)  I do agree that watching the game should be fun, although for me the rivalries are part of that fun.  It's a shame that some people take it too seriously and ruin it for other fans.
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not sure exactly what you're looking for.... here's another timeline year by year....\n\nhttp://baseball-almanac.com/yearmenu.shtml
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Josh Beckett gets his first taste of the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry when he starts for Boston on Tuesday, but it's not like he's never faced New York in a pressure-packed situation.\n\nBeckett (3-1, 4.50 ERA) pitches against the Yankees for the first time since beating them 2-0 in the deciding game of the 2003 World Series as Boston and New York conclude their two-game series at Fenway Park. \n He is opposed by Shawn ChaCon who is also 3-1 and has a 4.56 ERA who has allowed just two runs and eight hits over 13 1-3 innings in winning his last two starts for New York.
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These two teams have been competing together for a hundred years.  The infamous "Curse of the Bambino" when the Red Sox traded Babe Ruth to the Yankees after the 1919 season--the year after he helped them win their last World Series until just recently--certainly haasn't hurt their rivalry.\n\nIt hasn't always been that competitive, but the Red Sox have been mounting much better teams in recent years.  Their World Series win in 2004 was much more about the right talent and timing, and much less about the Curse-although it's unlikely you'd ever convince a dyed-in-the-wool Sox fan of it.
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New York Yankees --  AL -- 26 titles -- 1923, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1943,  1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962,  1977, 1978, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000\nSt. Louis Cardinals --NL -- 9 titles -- 1926, 1931, 1934 '42, 1944, 1946, 1964, 1967, 1982\nBoston Red Sox -- AL -- titles -- 1903, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 2004 \nLos Angeles/Brooklyn Dodgers -- NL -- 6 titles -- 1955, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981, 1988
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BOSTON RED SOX v. the pansies in pinstripes!\n\nGO RED SOX!
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How is the Cardinal-Cub rivalry overrated?  The two have been rivals for eons, been in the same division since both were founded (both were in the NL East after 1969 and moved to the Central together when each league went to three divisions), and have played each other over 2000 times (Cubs led the rivalry at the end of last year 1037-998).\n\nHow do you say that a team that only came into existence in 1962 compares with that?
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The Red Sox are yesterdays news.  The will be lucky to finish behind the Yankees and Blue Jays.  Pretty soon everyone will be bailing out.  Schilling is done.  Pedro is in NY and Terry Francona may be the worse manager in baseball.  But don't fear Boston fans, 2090 is just around the corner!!!!!
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This is a good question.  You can toss in Giants vs. Dodgers, too -- after all, they packed their rivalry and took it to the other Coast.\n\nHowever, despite the long history between Chicago and St. Louis, it is lost on most Americans, especially those outside those regional areas.\n\nAnd, as many of the responses have indicated, the rivalry between NY and Bsn is deeply rooted.   Geographically, it seems they're just next door.  And, more importantly, so many pennant races have gone down to the wire between the two clubs.\n\nChicago has not had great teams, year in & out.  When St. Louis went to the Fall Classic, they didn't square off with Chicago to get there.   The (loveable) Cubbies were often eliminated.   And, when Chicago was fighting for a pennant recently, they didn't have to get past St. Louis.\n\nOn the other hand, the Yankees and Red Sox are always 1-2. And, they've squared off in memorable playoffs and post-season encounters to get to the World Series.\n\nClearly, the answer is Yankees / Red Sox, which may also be THE greatest rivalry in all of professional sports.
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A lot comes to mind.\n\nDiMaggio's hitting streak\nAaron Home Run Record\nThe Lakers' 33-game winning streak\nSecretariat's domination of the Triple Crown\nOJ's 2000-rushing yard season\nRocky Marciano's Boxing Record\nThe Miracle on Ice in the Olympics
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1996 Yankees/Braves\n1997 Indians/Marlins\n1998 Yankees/Padres\n1999 Yankess/Braves\n2000 Yankess/Mets\n2001 Yankees/ Diaondbacks\n2002 Angels/Giants\n2003 Yankees/Marlins\n2004 Red Sox/Cardinals\n2005 White Sox/Astros
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http://www.baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/07171979.shtml
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The 1936 World Series matched the New York Yankees against the New York Giants, with the Yankees winning in six games to earn their fifth championship.\n\nCarl Hubbell won Game 1 but it was all downhill after that. The Yankees won Game 2 at the Polo Grounds by an 18-4 count, a Series record for lopsided scoring. Joe DiMaggio made all three 9th inning outs in that game, the final a long fly that he snared and then kept running all the way up the clubhouse steps.\n\nAL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL New York Giants (3)\n\nGame Score Date Location Attendance \n1 Yankees – 1, Giants – 6 September 30 Polo Grounds 39,419 \n2 Yankees – 18, Giants – 4 October 2 Polo Grounds 43,543 \n3 Giants – 1, Yankees – 2 October 3 Yankee Stadium 64,482 \n4 Giants – 2, Yankees – 5 October 4 Yankee Stadium 66,669 \n5 Giants – 5, Yankees – 4 (10 innings) October 5 Yankee Stadium 50,024 \n6 Yankees – 13, Giants – 5 October 6 Polo Grounds 38,427
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LISTEN TO WHAT THE YANKEES HAVE\n\n1.26 WORLD SERIES \n2.SOME OF THE GREATEST BASEBALL PLAYERS IN THE WORLD\n3.TEAM WORK AND COURAGE\n4.MONEY\n5.SOME OF THE CRAZIEST FANS EVER\n6.YANKEE STADIUM\nGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YANKEES
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it seems like the red sox and Yankees play like 50 games a year against each other.  it seems like every time i turn on espn, its red sox vs yankees?  anyone else feel that way?