Red Sox v. Yankees. Anything better?

Is there anything better than the Red Sox versus the Yankees in September?

I wrote a few weeks ago about the resurgence of the New York Yankees, how their entrance into the pennant race was going to happen and that it was a good thing for the game of baseball. Now, it's Mid-September and this weekends series, at Fenway Park, is what I as a baseball fan, absolutely fawn over.

Remember, this series was a mere laugh back on July 1st. The Red Sox were running away with the division by 10 1/2 games, the Yankees were in third place, struggling mightily. But, since that day, the Yankees are playing baseball at an almost .700 clip (45-22) and have not only made the AL East a semblance of a race, with a sweep of the BoSox this weekend, could make it a dead heat.

I don't think it'll happen, a Yankee sweep, but who knows? It happened last month in New York, where the Red Sox came into The Stadium with an eight game lead and left with only a five game lead. The Red Sox have righted the ship after that sweep, where past Sox teams would've swooned south under the Yanks again. I just think that at home, playing as they are, with a chip on their shoulder, the Red Sox will be fine. Don't forget that should they sweep, they'll all but bury the Yankees and replace them as division champions where the pinstripes have resided for nine straight years.

The Red Sox have a chance to eliminate the Yankees from the AL East race. Eliminating them from the playoffs is a totally different thing, where the Yankees presence in October looks more probable now than a few weeks ago.

So, on with the show, Red Sox and Yankees. I'm expecting baseball between these two to be full of fireworks, just as it should this time of year.

I'll be sitting back and enjoying it.