If Sonny Gray is trying to win over Boston Red Sox fans, he certainly played the right card Tuesday.

Gray spoke with reporters for the first time since the Red Sox acquired him in a trade with the St. Louis Cardinals last week . And right off the bat, the veteran right-hander reminded everyone he needs no introduction to Boston's fiercest rivalry.

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"It feels good to me to go to a place now where, you know what, it’s easy to hate the Yankees, right?” Gray said. “It’s easy to go out and have that rivalry and go in it with full force, full steam ahead."

As you might expect, there's context here. The Oakland Athletics dealt Gray to New York at the 2017 MLB trade deadline, and he never really adjusted to the move. Whi

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