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Are the Red Sox-Yankees the Greatest Sports Rivalry Ever?

The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox have been playing games against each other for over 100 years.

The first big game between the two teams was in 1904 when the Red Sox beat the Yankees to win the American League Pennant.

The real story of the rivalry begins with the selling of Babe Ruth from the Red Sox to the Yankees. Here we have the start of the curse that keeps the Red Sox from winning a World Series until 2004.

Throughout the years we have seen numerous Read the rest of this entry »

Is Fenway Park the Mecca of Major League Parks?

In recent years we have seen more and more new modern stadiums being built throughout the country. This has left the last remaining few baseball stadiums as parts of culture from the past. Fenway Park located off of 4 Yawkey Way has been in the baseball business since 1912 the longest in the Major Leagues. Fenway Park has held that title since 1990 when the Chicago White Sox left Comiskey Park which was then demolished the following year.

Every great stadium has something that Read the rest of this entry »

Roger Clemens: Hall of Fame or Banned?

Whether or not Roger Clemens should be a Hall of Famer comes down to where you stand on the issue of performance enhancing drugs in the sport of Baseball. If you believe that anyone who has ever been accused of taking PED’s doesn’t deserve a nod than Roger Clemens election to the Hall of Fame is a mute point. On the other hand, if you believe that everyone in Clemens’ era was taking them and that his record speaks for itself, well, you would more than Read the rest of this entry »