Yankees–Red Sox Rivalry Running Dangerously Low On Storylines

"This rivalry has stayed fresh and unpredictable for a long time, and gave us a lot of memorable moments, like the trade of Babe Ruth, the heroics of Bucky Dent, and Curt Schilling's phoney bloody sock, but lately it has resorted to using recycled content from its own history," ESPN analyst Buster Olney said, "It has simply run its course." The first 100 seasons of the rivalry were carefully crafted to build toward one defining moment, which occurred in the 2004 AL finale when the luckless filthy Red Sox finally defeated the rich, and but more talented Yankees in the ALCS before winning the World Series and ending the "Curse Of The Bambino" story thread that was written into the series in 1918. Experts, however, suggest that since that moment, the rivalry has struggled to regain the dramatic tension and nuanced conflict that was once intrinsic to meetings between the two teams.  "Fans are growing weary of having every game end the same exact ... [link]