As Max Fried fired the first pitch in Game 1 of Tuesday’s Wild Card matchup between the Yankees and Red Sox, a faint chill and thunderous eruptions signaled postseason baseball and a new chapter in the sport’s most storied rivalry were about to begin in the Bronx.

Aaron Judge had just heard MVP chants during pregame introductions. Boston’s Alex Cora and Alex Bregman were jeered without mercy. Fan favorite Willie Randolph threw out the first pitch before an easily-excitable crowd. Hopes were high for a Yankees team — fresh off an uneven season and a failed attempt at a division title that would have secured a coveted bye — in search of its first World Series championship since 2009.

“This is my seventh postseason,” Aaron Boone said before the game. “I think at this point where we are

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