Ted Williams or Babe Ruth? Nomar Graciaparra or Derek Jeter? Roger
Clemens or...Roger Clemens? Who was better? Who was best? Catchers?
Varitek or Fish? Yogi or Posada?
For more than 115 years, the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees have
been battling it out on the diamond, playing each other over 2,000
times. This heated rivalry has stood the test of time, as one team's
triumph usually means the other's dismay. While the teams battle on the
field, the fans and cities take the rivalry just as seriously.
But who's the best? Which team's players have the edge? Which team's
squad would reign supreme? If you ask a New Yorker, you'll get an
obvious answer; same with a Bostonian. But what happens when two men
from opposite sides of the track sit down to discuss who is the best?
Red Sox vs. Yankees pairs baseball historians Bill Nowlin (Red Sox)
and David Fischer (Yankees) to discuss who each team's best position
player was and which super team would win in a head-to-head series.
Obviously, they won't easily agree. Obviously, there will be cheap shots
and venom spewed back and forth. But in the end, we will have two teams:
one of the greatest players and one of each squad's best year.
You can guess that Nowlin will say that the Sox will win, while Fischer
is confident that the Yanks will be victorious. But it's not that easy.
Thanks to the help of Action! PC Baseball, we will have a simulation to
find out which team would win in a head-to-head battle. Will the
All-Star Yankees take the series? Will the Red Sox pummel the best the
Bronx has to offer? There's only one way to find out.
