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Article: Red Sox-Yankees rivalry steep in passion, intensity.

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The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
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April 16, 2004
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Byline: Jim Salisbury

PHILADELPHIA _ How intense is the rivalry between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees?

So intense that moments after joining the Red Sox in a November trade, pitcher Curt Schilling said: "I guess I hate the Yankees now."

So intense that Andy Pettitte, a Yankees pitcher for nine years, spurned an attractive free-agent offer from the Red Sox this winter mostly because he couldn't fathom going over to the other side. "That just wasn't me," Pettitte said.

The Red Sox-Yankees rivalry is so intense that commissioner Bud Selig had to pry himself away from more important matters this spring to warn the owners of ...

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