Article: Fans bracing for showdown History looms as Yankees and Red Sox enter final weekend American League

Murray Chass
International Herald Tribune
09-30-2005
As the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox prepare for their season-ending series from Friday through Sunday in Boston, which will decide the American League East, fans of each team can take comfort in history. Yankees fans should know that their team has always beaten the Red Sox on Oct. 2 when first place is at stake in the final game. Red Sox fans should be happy that Curt Schilling is scheduled to pitch for them and Mike Mussina for the Yankees, because Schilling has been at his best with a lead and Mussina has been ineffective in early innings. First, the Oct. 2 factor. In 1949, the Yankees and the Red Sox played a ...

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