MLB Tribune

Yankees and Red Sox Open Season

by Scooter on 04/04/2010 in MLB News

The baseball season is finally here! The Yankees and Red Sox open the 2010 season at Fenway Park tonight with two studs on the mound. Josh Beckett and CC Sabathia will face off against each other in what should be an exciting game for both cities.

This is one of, or not the biggest rivalry in sports. What makes these two teams so special is their will to win. The New York Yankees will begin to defend their championship.

Boston’s Josh Beckett and Yankees ace CC Sabathia will make their second consecutive opening-day starts in what is expected to be unseasonably warm weather.

Alex Rodriguez, who missed the first 28 games last year after hip surgery will come out of the gate healthy and ready. The Yankees will also have newly acquired Curtis Granderson and Nick Johnson in the lineup tonight. Nick Johnson is listed day to day and hopefully he will be at DH tonight.

Boston will feature first timers Mike Cameron and Adrian Beltre. The Red Sox made excellent moves this off season both offensively and defensively.

This will be the fourth time in 26 years that the rivals have met in the opener. New York won the last two in 1992 and 2005, both in Yankee Stadium. Boston won at Fenway Park in 1985 and is opening the season at home for just the third time since 1996.

Are we ready for some baseball? I am excited and can’t wait for the 2010 season to begin.