Can the Yankees Finally Top the Red Sox?

Wonderful. Well not really. Tonight’s New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox game is on Apple TV. Therefore, with the Yanks winning 2-0 as I write this, I have the displeasure of not viewing it. Instead, I get the non-privilege of watching the New York Mets continue their second half from hell. Yanks-Red Sox in September equals national TV broadcasts: tonight, Apple TV, tomorrow, MLB Network and Sunday, ESPN. The two teams have a storied rivalry, hence the national audiences. However, the 2025 season is anything but a rivalry as the Sox have dominated the Yanks, winning eight games out of ten.

New York is due.

New York is primed to sweep Boston.

Boy I hope so.

I say that are ready for this because Aaron Judge is peaking at the right time. He has spent most of this last week chasing down and surpassing Yankee legends Yogi Berra and Joe DiMaggio on the career home run list. Hopefully, this momentum carries over into the playoffs and buries the narrative that he can’t perform when it counts. Look at Giancarlo Stanton. The last time his batting average was better than his current .268 this late in the season was four years ago. He has 20 home runs in 63 games. I get this feeling Max Fried will have a dominant start on Saturday like another legendary Yankee , Whitey Ford. His big Yankee moment has to come at Fenway Park. Most of all, this team is too talented to remain Boston’s punching bag for yet another three games. They need to showcase why they are the defending American League champions.

In all likelihood, these two teams will meet in the first round of the playoffs. This series, with the teams separated by a half game, will go a long way in determining who will be the host. A Yankees sweep would stop the Red Sox aura of invincibility surrounding these meetings in 2025. A Yankee series defeat will leave a ton of questions about how equipped this team is to return to the World Series.