"The evil empire extends its tentacles even into Latin America." -- Larry Lucchino, Red Sox president, on the Yankees signing free agent Jose Contreras Having been a Boston Red Sox fan for basically my whole life, I had lived through every part of the rivalry between the Sox and the New York Yankees, except seeing the Sox playing in Yankee Stadium. For years, I had carefully rooted against the Yankees from the protected confines of …showed first 75 words of 801 total…

…showed last 75 words of 801 total…beat the crap of the Yankees: Priceless" With that said I hopped onto the subway train, thinking about everything I have been through with my team: the 86 years of heartbreak (well only 18 of them I experienced myself); the trips to Fenway Park; and finally seeing the Sox and the Yankees play in New York City. I felt complete in my baseball universe, having finally experienced everything that is the New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox rivalry.