America is going to get to watch a lot of great baseball being played in the Bronx over the next week. America is also going to constantly complain about it.

Red Sox-Yankees is the best rivalry in North American sports and there is no close second. It’s a rivalry that has the scope of a historical epic. One that brings with it genuine hatred, passion, jealousy, and vengeance. Hype and narrative build in the lead-up to first pitch and then, despite that hype feeling almost overwhelming, the game play on the field somehow manages to match or surpass it, almost every time.

It is great baseball and America loves it, as is proven time and again not only by the TV ratings, but by the Red Sox or Yankees pennants you’ll find in random sports bars in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Asheville, North Carolin

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