With pretty much the entire sports world hoping for a Dodgers-Red Sox World Series this year to see Manny Ramirez compete against his old team (not to mention Nomar, Derek Lowe, and Joe Torre), it made me think of a dream fantasy matchup for the World Series. What would be the greatest matchup to watch?
Instantly, the Red Sox and Yankees came to my mind, for these two teams have endured many historic moments in their long-lasting rivalry together. Now, obviously if these two teams were to play, it would have to be in the American League Championship Series. And with that in mind, I've created an ultimate fantasy matchup if these teams were to compete.
Each team would be using its all-time roster, giving the Yankees long-time greats like Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle, and Joe DiMaggio, as well as current players like Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera, who would make the team. The Red Sox would be led by Ted Williams, with Tris Speaker and Carl Yastrzemski occupying the other outfield spots, ...
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Livesey Back With Yanks
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 10/24/2008 — You know things are getting slow around here when we're talking about scouts being hired, but anyway... From the AP via YES : Bill Livesey was hired by the New York Yankees as a pro scout on Thursday, 13 years after he was fired as vice president for player development and scouting. Livesey, ...
The Yanks on Trial: Liveblogging the Kucinich Hearings
blogs.villagevoice.com 10/24/2008 — The story so far: Back in July, U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich demanded documents from the Bloomberg administration and the New York Yankees explaining how exactly they managed to tell the IRS that the land under the Yanks' new stadium was worth $200 ...
The Case for Mark Teixeira
replacementlevel.com 10/24/2008 — The Yankees have a gaping hole at first base with the expected buyout of Jason Giambi’s contract. Fortunately for them, there’s an available free agent who would fill the hole nicely. I’m obviously talking about Mark Teixeira.
Teixeira’s ...
Red Sox wait to make Theo Epstein deal official
bostonherald.com 10/24/2008 — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Once the World Series ends, the uncertainty surrounding general manager Theo Epstein's contract status with the Red Sox will end, too.
Indications...
Tampa Bay Rays Get Price Checked —
Bleacher Report - MLB 10/24/2008
I'm sure that Major League Baseball was hoping for a better World Series matchup than the Tampa Bay Rays, a team that can barely fill its stadium during playoff games, against the Philadelphia Phillies, a team that hasn't won the World Series since ...
Rays Outshine Philly In Game Two —
Bleacher Report - MLB 10/24/2008
In Game One of this year’s Fall Classic, the Philadelphia Phillies got a game they had to have with their ace Cole Hamels’ stellar performance. Hamels out lasted Rays ace Scott Kazmir in the pitcher’s duel that put ...
Sox have few needs this offseason —
Major League Baseball News 10/24/2008
Abrupt closure is never an appetizing way to go into the offseason. But in the case of the Red Sox, who fell just short in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series against the Tampa Bay Rays, it was made easier if only because the ...
