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The Red Sox and Yankees will meet for the first of 18 games in 2008 Friday night. The two clubs are scheduled to play five times in a span of seven games from April 11-17, with a pair in Yankee Stadium on April 16-17.
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The Red Sox and Yankees will meet for the first of 18 games in 2008 Friday night. The two clubs are scheduled to play five times in a span of seven games from April 11-17, with a pair in Yankee Stadium on April 16-17.
MLB. If Red Sox newcomer Sean Casey knows one thing about Sox-Yankees games — aside from the history between the two franchises — it’s that the games can run a bit long.
Like last June 3 when Alex Rodriguez homered off Jonathan Papelbon in the ninth inning to propel the Yanks to a 6-5 win in 4 hours, four minutes.
Like on Aug. 19, 2006 when New York beat Boston, 14-11, in 4 hours, 45 minutes, the longest nine-inning game in big league history.
And like on Oct. 17-18, 2004 when the Red Sox captured Games 4 and 5 of the ALCS in two of the most epic games of an epic rivalry in 5 hours, two minutes and 5 hours, 49 minutes, respectively.
“That’s what I’ve heard,” Casey said. “Guess you’ve got to get your bubblegum ready.”
Once settled in at Fenway, fans this weekend figure to watch closely as another intriguing season of games unfolds. Adding to the drama, both clubs have struggled to find their stride early, early on in 2008.
While having experienced the battle on the field many times when he was a Yankee catcher in the 1990s, this will be the first time Joe Girardi gets a taste of this rivalry as the new manager of the Yankees.
“I don’t [spend] any time thinking about that,” Sox manager Terry Francona said when asked about how New York is approaching the series. “We spend a lot of time preparing our team. I don’t need to manage both teams. I have my hands full here.”
Francona, however, did have some advice for Yankees shortstop and captain Derek Jeter, who is nursing a sore left quadriceps that forced him to miss this week’s series in Kansas City.
“Always, always,” Francona said tongue-in-cheek when asked about Jeter. “You can never be too careful with those quads.”
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