The fabled rivalry and the “curse of the Bambino” began in 1919 when the Red Sox owner sold slugger Babe Ruth to the Yankees.

After going 86 years without winning a World Series, things got a whole lot better in 2004, when the Red Sox came back from a 3-0 deficit in the American League Championship Series to beat the New York Yankees.

The Red Sox eventually went on to win the World Series. Sox starts have never been shy about standing up to the guys in pinstripes in the Bronx.

The teams have so much passion when they clash. A bench clearing brawl came in July of 2004 when the rivalry was at its peak.

The two truly seemed to hate one another.

The year before in 2003, ace Pedro Martinez threw Yankees’ coach Don Zimmer to the ground as fists flew. Zimmer ended up in the hospital.

Before

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