Game 1 is scheduled for 6:08 p.m. ET at Yankee Stadium and will air on ESPN. The Red Sox won the season series 9-4, so despite New York’s home-field edge the matchup will be a stiff test.

His full name was Leslie Ambrose Bush. He was born in Minnesota and spent time with the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox before joining the Yankees for that 1922 season. That year was his best MLB season, as he went 26-7 with a 3.31 ERA.

The lack of continuity in the Red Sox roster throughout the years certainly plays a factor in the lack of genuine hatred that the baseball world is accustomed to seeing between the two sides. However, Cora is still the man in charge, and that should be enough for the Yankees to get spooked.

After the Mets fell short of the playoffs, Michael Kay blasted a group of fans who targeted him over the Yankees loss of Juan Soto while sympathizing with Mets backers.