NEW YORK -- On the schedule, it looked great.
Red Sox-Yankees, for the last time ever at Yankee Stadium.
On the highlights, it looked great.
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Let me tell you, it wasn't great. In fact, it was kind of blah.
"It wasn't that exciting," Red Sox first baseman Sean Casey agreed. "It wasn't that attractive."
This was Yankees-Red Sox? Yeah, this is Yankees-Red Sox, August 2008.
For the rivalry to be great, the two teams have to be great. That's the problem: Right now, the Yankees are far from great.
We know it. They know it. And the fans seem to know it, too.
"There wasn't much life in this building (until Giambi's home run)," Mike Mussina said. "It was just an afternoon at the ballpark up to that point."
It has come to that for the Yankees. It has gotten to the point that even Yankees-Red Sox can't stir enough emotion. It has gotten to the point that even a walk-off win over the Sox can only bring on a string of sentences that all begin with the word "hopefully."
"Hopefully we can get a little bit of momentum," Mussina said.
"Hopefully this'll jump-start this ballclub," said Giambi.
