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September 21, 2005 -- YOU probably don't need more than five fingers to be able to count the number of dramatic pennant races in which the Yankees have been involved throughout their history. They've won, they've won pretty much all the time within any sports context, but finishing in first place by at least eight games the way the Yankees have 22 times since moving into the Stadium in 1923 doesn't leave much elbow room for stretch-drive heroes. This year, however, the Yankees are running in a race rather than parading to a coronation. It's no given that postseason October...

GAME 1 TIM WAKEFIELD VS WOODY WILLIAMS.

Game Time: 8:05 pm EDT TV: FOX Pitching Matchup: D. Lowe vs. K. Brown Forget the Curse of the Bambino. The Boston Red Sox have a chance to end the curse that has plagued every major league team that has ever slipped into an 0-3 hole in the postseason. One victory away from completing the greatest comeback in playoff history, the Red Sox will also try to hang an epic AL championship series collapse on their archrivals from New York when they take the field for Game 7 at Yankee Stadium. ``For the last three days, we kept showing up...

Bronson Arroyo got an extra day to think about the biggest start of his career, and the biggest game of the Boston Red Sox's season. After Curt Schilling and Pedro Martinez couldn't get the Red Sox a win against the New York Yankees in the first two games of the AL championship series, Arroyo will take the hill for Game 3 at Fenway Park. Stumbling home in an 0-2 hole and with Schilling possibly done for the series, the Red Sox are hoping the familiar surroundings of Fenway Park help get them back in the ALCS. Arroyo was set to...

Game Time: 8:05 pm EDT TV: FOX Pitching Matchup: C. Schilling vs. M. Mussina Aaron Boone ended the Boston Red Sox's season last year with a walk-off home run for the New York Yankees in the bottom of the 11th inning of Game 7 of the American League championship series. An intriguing and eventful offseason and 19 more heated and sometimes bloody meetings have brought the Red Sox and Yankees together yet again, with another World Series trip on the line. The highly anticipated rematch for the American League title begins Tuesday, with every indication that baseball's most bitter rivalry...

<p>Top 1st: J Damon grounded out to shortstop. T Walker singled to right center. N Garciaparra flied out to right, T Walker to second. M Ramirez flied out to right.</p> <p>Bot 1st: A Soriano struck out swinging. N Johnson walked. D Jeter fouled out to first. B Williams singled to shallow left, N Johnson to second. H Matsui flied out to center.</p> <p>Bot 3rd: K Garcia flied out to center. A Soriano struck out swinging. N Johnson flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 3, NY YANKEES 0.</p>

Pedro vs Roger. Two of the greatest pitchers to ever play the game. Fenway Park is rocking. Electricity is in the air. Here we go...

The game's started, and I found no thread! If one exists then this can be deleted, but otherwise, it's game time!

Okay, I see that the Cubs-Marlins live thread is up but none for the Red Sox-Yankees. After Game 5 of Boston/Oakland two nights ago, my heart is still recovering. It's a good thing I worked out this past summer or I certainly would have gone into cardiac arrest. This ought to be one hell of a good series...

Monday, May 26 Rocket can't reel off 300th on Memorial Day - Associated Press NEW YORK -- Roger Clemens failed in his first bid for his 300th win, leaving the New York Yankees' game against the Boston Red Sox on Monday trailing 7-3. Clemens, who won his 299th game last Wednesday in Boston, is looking to become the 21st 300-game winner in baseball history and first since Nolan Ryan in 1990. His next start is scheduled for Sunday in Detroit. Clemens, who won 192 games in 13 seasons in Boston, would have become the second pitcher to win his 300th...