Boston Red Sox added fuel to the fire and lived to tell the tale. Before the rubber match of the Red Sox's three-game series with the New York Yankees, rookie starting pitcher Hunter Dobbins told the Boston Herald that he'd retire if New York was the only team to offer him a contract.

A rivalry rooted in over 100 years of tension, stemming from the sale of one of the greatest baseball players to ever live, Babe Ruth. The Yankees-Red Sox rivalry has seen a plethora of Hall of Famers square off in some of the most heated battles in the history of Major League Baseball.