JOHAN KEEPS THE RIVALRY’S HOT STOVE BURNING

 
NOTHING is certain. We were all sure that when the Red Sox beat the Yankees to Eric Gagne last July 31 that it assured Boston a championship. The Red Sox did win it all, but in spite of Gagne, not because of him. So to definitively say that if... [link]

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