The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox meet this weekend in Boston at Fenway for a large series that could mean so many different things. First of all, the Sox come into the series with the best record in all of baseball and have been for most of the season. The Yankees started out this season about bad as it could have been for Torre and the team, but has rebounded and is now set on top of the Wild Card standings for the American League. If the Yankees do indeed make it into the Wild Card for the AL, they will most likely play the Angels of Anaheim in Los Angeles. Unfortunately for NY, they have not done well against the Angels in the playoffs specifically in past years. The big issue for the Yankees (like every year) is their pitching in general and if it can hold up in the end and their starting pitching is the worst mostly because of the aging arms in the starting position and then their bullpen before they get to Rivera is pretty shaky. I personally hope the Sox can win 2 out of the 3 games in this series to give them confidence going into the playoffs (assuming Manny Ramirez will come back from a sore side).
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