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The Red Sox lost, but is the Sox-Yankees rivalry inching back toward center stage?

Despite a postseason series loss by Boston to New York in the American League Wild Card Series, recent clashes suggest baseball's premier rivalry may be heating up once again. Following an earlier era of less consequential meetings and some cooling off among fanbases, new leading figures like Payton Toll, Cam Schlittler, Ben Rice, and Cody Bellinger took center stage as the Yankees advanced.

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