I hate when Boston fans come to Yankee Stadium and I can hear them cheer. Every day of the baesball season, I root for the Yankees to win and the Red Sox to lose. This atmosphere provides "juice" no matter what. There was plenty of "juice" when these two teams met in spring training.
But Bob Herzog has a very good point in this article.
This is not really like '78 because the loser does not go home. Logically, these games are not truly all that important. Emotionally engaging for sure, but that's because the opponent is the hated Red Sox.
The wild card is sometimes good, sometimes bad. In the case of the AL East in 2004, the wild card hurts the pennant race.
It's also a good article because of this reminder that Small Ball is stupid:
"Sept. 13-15, 1977
The Red Sox had won 10 of 11 to close within 1½ games of the Yankees. But New York won the first two of a three-game set at the Stadium, including a 2-0 classic when Reggie Jackson hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth off Reggie Cleveland after ignoring a bunt sign from Billy Martin earlier in the count."
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