The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees have shared one of the greatest rivalries in sports, but their feud has been mostly dormant over the past few years.
When the Red Sox were on their way to winning the World Series in 2013, the Yankees were finishing well outside the playoff race. New York managed to climb back into the postseason last year, but the Red Sox finished a distant last place in the division for the second straight year. It’s tough to have a heated rivalry if the teams aren’t contending at the same time and they don’t have to go through one another on the path to postseason glory.