Reasons to Watch Any Series Between Boston and New York

It's been a while since I last posted anything but now that I've made the push through finals and settled into summer it's time to get back to business.  As I type this I'm watching some great Sunday Night Baseball between the Red Sox and the Yankees and started thinking about some of the reasons why this is the greatest rivalry in sports.  I thought of a million reasons but figured I'd highlight the three that seem most relevant this weekend and make some bullet points of a few more good reasons to catch an inning or two of Sox-Yanks baseball in the future.


Why You Should Be Watching


Drama, drama, drama
 Just in this series alone we're all freaking out over Posada's little episode where he pulled himself from the lineup after being put in the number 9 spot in the lineup for game 2.  The media attacked it like it was the biggest thing to hit baseball since the steroid era. But we all know the last series and the next series and every other Boston-New York series will have a storyline for us to obsess over for a good 3 or 4 days. The drama of these games acts as a great substitution for those of us who tend to ignore tabloid magazines and focus on sports instead.


Some of the best baseball you'll ever see
Regardless of how great or how poor either team is playing during the season when they meet its like their win percentage is irrelevant.  These teams play great ball no matter what when they face each other.   Anyone who may be doubting the greatness of the game of baseball should tune into NESN or YES on a Friday night, they're doubts will soon vanish when they watch the back-and-forth score and late game comebacks. I'm a little biased but these are some of the greatest games you can watch in a season when it comes to just appreciating the game.

Biggest stage in baseball
Everyone watches these games so closely.  The media is relentless and the fans are passionate.  Nothing slips through the cracks during a Sox-Yanks series. And if anyone does anything stupid in a series its guaranteed that for years to come there will be jokes and amusing photoshopped pictures all over the blogging world.  These 18 games a year are where baseball history happens.


 example: Bringing it back to '04 

Honorable mention:
-An excuse to stay up late and not be productive
-Showing your little leaguer why baseball is so great
-Perfect for inducing heart attacks
-Getting a glimpse of that playoff feel
-Enjoying the painful commentary of FOX and ESPN
-Trash talking the other team and all their fans that you personally know...or don't know
-Never being disappointed about the outrageous price you paid for tickets
-The only time you can be this passionate about anything without having people question you
-Knowing that most likely something historical will happen within the next 9 innings


So I hope you all tune in to the last couple innings of this game and watch in the future.  Please tweet at me with more reasons at @kelseyedoherty