Article: Yankees and Red Sox relishing a rivalry for the ages

Tyler Kepner
International Herald Tribune
10-09-2003
The Boston Red Sox are not used to success, so there was not much sleeping on their red-eye flight from California on Monday night. After holding on for a frantic one-run victory to eliminate the Oakland Athletics from the playoffs, the Red Sox joy ride arrived in New York early the next morning. The players checked in at their hotel at 8:30 and took buses to Yankee Stadium at 3 p.m., seeming more buoyant than weary. ''That's the fun thing about this clubhouse,'' said first baseman Kevin Millar. ''We've got a bunch of idiots in here who go out and play baseball. I don't think anything fazes us.'' The Red Sox were perceptive enough to ...

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