Article: Newsday, Melville, N.Y., Joe Gergen column: Ellsbury is Red Sox's exciting Native American.(Column)

Byline: Joe Gergen

Sep. 15--BOSTON

Leave it to the Yankees and Red Sox to add a new twist to a rivalry more than a century old. Just when it appeared the two historic franchises that lay claim to Babe Ruth had run out of categories at which to compete, along came Joba Chamberlain and Jacoby Ellsbury. It so happens that the two finest Native American baseball prospects in decades just happened to arrive on the national consciousness a mere month apart.

There's no guarantee that either man will have a major impact on the American League East race, which might reach a conclusion of sorts this weekend at Fenway Park, or on the postseason that ...

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