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MLB playoffs ALDS, October, and a Rematch 14 Years in the Making

By Sarah Maninger

BOSTON - OCTOBER 2: Water drips from a railing behind home plate as the Boston Red Sox hold a workout prior to Friday's start of the ALDS at Fenway Park in Boston on Oct. 2, 2018. (Photo by Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
BOSTON - OCTOBER 2: Water drips from a railing behind home plate as the Boston Red Sox hold a workout prior to Friday's start of the ALDS at Fenway Park in Boston on Oct. 2, 2018. (Photo by Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) /
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NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 3: Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees hits a two-run home run in the first inning during the American League Wild Card game against the Oakland Athletics at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Alex Trautwig/MLB Photos via Getty Images) /

After beating the A’s in the American League Wild Card game, the Yankees meet the Boston Red Sox in a MLB playoffs series, for the first time in 14 years

As the later innings approached at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday night, “WE WANT BOSTON!” chants erupted around the ballpark. The enthusiastic fans donned in Yankee blue shouted in reference to the ALDS, and the fact that whoever won this game, would fly directly to Boston to face the Sox in the MLB playoffs.

“WE WANT BOSTON!,” they proclaimed.

At the end of a 9-inning contest that, if we’re being honest, the Yankees had won from the second Aaron Judge deposited a home run into the left-field seats, fans got what they wanted.

They got Boston.

Boston, however, is a powerhouse that the Yankees may not be strong enough to beat. They won 108 games in the regular season and demolished virtually every baseball that ventured within the bounds of the strike zone.

This is the series that the American League has been building towards all season long. It’s a series that’s 14 years in the making.

Let’s take a look at how it could play out.

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