Yankees, Red Sox fans guide with matchups, scouting reports, prediction

NEW YORK — Before Aaron Boone replaced Joe Girardi as Yankees manager for the 2018 season and went on to win a lot of regular-season games but no World Series championships, he was known as a playoff hero for the ages in the Bronx and another Bucky Dent in Boston.

In October 2003, the Curse of the Bambino was extended one more year when Boone hit the only Game 7 pennant-winning home run in major league history off of Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield at the old Yankee Stadium.