The whole nation will be watching again this weekend - The heated rivalry between NY Yankees and Boston Red Sox will be at display at Fenway Park. Yankees and Red Sox are #1 and #2 when it comes to spending and have clashed many times to acquire the high price stars - Giambi, Williams, Martinez, Ramirez, Contereas. This was supposed to be Red Sox year; Red Sox strengthened their already good pitching group by acquiring All Star Curt Schilling and Keith Foulke. While Yankees were busy adding the last year AL MVP Alex Rodriguez and Gary Sheffield in their lineup. With pretty good start of the season, Red Sox are now 8 ý games behind the almighty Yankees. There is no question Red Sox has better pitchers with awesome hitters. They have been successful doing the major things like hitting HRs and great pitching performance, but they lack in the minor things like fielding and saving the game. Their team is in disarray. Super Shortstop Nomar Garciapara, the heart and soul of the team, is having hard time at the batter box and fielding balls. He has mentioned in every trade through out the year and it has made enormous affect on him. Pedro ýthe Aceý Martinez is also not happy with the team and pulled out from the contract extension talk. He has irritated his teammates many times with his decision by not being ready to play. He has been the cancer of team on and off the field. Red Sox could have won the ALCS last year if it was not his arrogance to stay late in the game, which cost his manager's job. This guy is hard for the coach. I believe this is the last run for the team for many years to come. Many of their star players - Derek Lowe, Pedro Martinez, Jason Varitek, Nomar Garciapara and Poke Reese- are in their last year of contract and do not seem to be coming back. To make the matter worse, their RBI machine David Ortiz is suspended for 5 games for his outburst at Angels Stadium, CA. He plans to appeal the decision so he can play the series with Yankees. In April, Red Sox won 6 out of 7 games from Yankees and many speculated about the Yankees dominance. But with the Captain DJ2 leading the way, Yankees swept the Red Sox in June (3 games) It will be interesting to see how this 3 series will turn out since the Yankees starters Mussina and Brown are on the disable list. With the Yankees regular starters out, Red Sox must win the series. Yankees have different idea though, they do not want Red Sox back in the mix. They would like to sweep the series and do not want to see them during fall classic. MICHAEL MORRISSEY of NY POST thinks Boston's coffin is nearly closed. The final nail remains to be hammered referring to this series. Starting Probables: Red Sox ý Curt Schilling, Bronson Arroyo, Derek lowe Yankees ý John Lieber, Tanyon Sturtze, Jose Contereas