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Article: Red Sox-Yankees Is Difficult to Top; 2004 Season Only Adds to the Storied History Between These Franchises
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- The Washington Post
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- March 30, 2005
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You thought it couldn't get any bigger after 2003, the year the
New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox extended the Greatest Rivalry in
Sports into October, the year Pedro Martinez threw Don Zimmer to the
ground, the year Aaron "Bleeping" Boone won the pennant. You thought
the rivalry had reached its pinnacle. And then came 2004.
And then came Jason Varitek's mitt in Alex Rodriguez's face. And
then came another October meeting, and the Yankees standing three
outs away -- with Mariano Rivera on the mound -- from a
humiliating sweep of the Red Sox. And then came the biggest
postseason collapse in history, and the Red Sox celebrating on the
Yankee Stadium field. And the earth itself seemed to ...