Ready to Rummmble!
LEE JENKINS
October 20, 2008
Forget Red Sox--Yankees: With its backdrop of violence, fearless front offices and flair for October theater, Red Sox--Rays has all the hallmarks of baseball's next epic rivalry
Before the series shifted back to Boston, Red Sox shortstop Julio Lugo was kind enough to brace the Rays for the kind of reception they would receive at Fenway Park, about as chilly as the one given to the Yankees in Octobers past. "When you go to Fenway," said Lugo, who played four years for the Rays, "that is the house of pain." With these two teams, it always comes back to bodily harm.