It wasn't that the Yankees didn't play to win or that The Bosox choked. The big issue was Kevin Youkilis injury. He is a gamer, a leader and without him in the lineup for a month, the team couldn't recover. ON PAPER, Boston had the better team but we are not playing Strat-O-Matic. When the Yankees lost Jeter and AROD for a long period, their replacements (Nunez and Chavaz) filled in well. In The Red Sox case, Aviles replaced Youk and although a nice utility player, he was not the answer.
I am the worlds biggest Yankee fan but I will not bash The Red Sox. It was just one of those years.
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