The Most Historic Rivalry in All of Baseball

On the heals of the Twins clinching the AL Central, they have a real chance to gain home field advantage if they can gain a bit on the Yankees and Rays.  Tonight we land in NYC and head to our sixth ballpark of the year, the "new" Yankees Stadium, to witness the most historic rivalry in all of baseball:  The Yankees vs. Red Sox.  About three years ago, Mike and I were able to catch a game in the old Yankees Stadium.  Fitting that on that night the opponent was the Rays. 

It's a great night in New York for baseball and ends up being a great night for home runs.  Boston takes an early lead in the second with a 3 run homer from Lowrie.  C-Grand answers with a solo shot in the third.  In the forth, Boston hits a series of singles and doubles to send in another four runs to make it 7-1.  At this point, I'm pretty sure that the Twins will gain some ground on the Yankees in the home field advantage race.  Then, it gets even better when Bill Hall hits a three-run blast in the fifth to make it 10-1.  The Yankees seem down, but I know better than to consider them out.  In the bottom of the sixth, A-Rod and Teixeira hit back to back solo home runs and back it up with Swisher and A-Rod each hitting 2-run homers in the bottom of the seventh.  With the score 10-7, its probable that the Yankees could come back, but even with Teixeira hitting another solo shot in the bottom of the ninth, Yankees lose 8-10.  I leave just a little bit happier that I watched the biggest payroll in baseball lose in their own ballpark to their biggest rivals, but my happiness is only short lived; the Twins also lost to the Tigers 1-10.  Just another day in baseball.