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Our Spring Training Adventure Yankee Fan Memories Baseball Musings Great Games I've Been To... On Being A Baseball Fan February 3 2001 : Think Back to May 28 : The Duel Uncountable acres have been deforested to print all that has been written regarding one of the greatest rivalries in sports history, the New York Yankees versus the Boston Red Sox. Fortunately, with publishing in the electronic medium, no more trees need share that fate in order for me to chronicle the historic meeting that took place on the 28th of May, 2000. It was always going to be a special game, as all Yanks/Sox battles are, but it was also a rare Sunday night game, on a three-day weekend, and slated to air nationally on ESPN. As the day of the game neared, though, it became obvious to all observers that the pitching rotation would pit former Red Sox ace Roger Clemens against the current man of that title, Pedro Martinez. Cy Young winner versus Cy Young winner. New generation versus old. Hope for the Red Sox Nation versus their cast-out champion. Not only that, the Red Sox and Yankees were see-sawing the lead in the AL East. In might have been May, but the game was as important as October. Think back for a moment what the world would be like if the Red Sox had kept Roger Clemens, instead of driving him to Toronto. They can't pin that one on Harry Frazee, the notorious team owner who sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees in 1920. In fact, to fans of the Yankees, whose owner for many years went on shopping sprees for high priced free agent "stars," it seems downright backwards that so many of the great players to wear the Red Sox uniform in recent decades have all had suchwhat's the word? | |
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