Emotions can run high any time the Yankees and Red Sox get together. But a postseason matchup with a trip to the American League Division Series on the line? That’s pure theater.

Boston won nine of the 13 meetings between the rivals this season, but New York has won three of the last four, including two of three at Fenway Park from Sept. 12-14. This marks the sixth time in history that the Yankees and Red Sox have met in the postseason, the first coming in 1999 and the last in 2021, when Boston won a one-game Wild Card matchup on its home turf.

This best-of-three series will take place in the Bronx, where the fans are sure to be amped up as the Yankees take aim at a second straight AL pennant and their first World Series title since 2009. Get your popcorn ready.

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