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I mean, it's part of the schedule, you know,

when you're going to play 19 games against the Yankees.

You're going to play 19 games against everybody in this division.

We know that.

And, you know, we're just ready to go.

That's something that we talk about before the season.

You have to dominate a fanway and dominate the division.

And so far, we've done a good job, but we haven't accomplished anything.

Alex Cora, ahead of the unofficial, start to the second half of the baseball season.

Red Sox and Yankees tonight in the Bronx. They will play a day late due to COVID, but we will

have baseball tonight. Thank God, really, because the last thing I wanted to do in is come in here and talk about COVID related issues for five hours tonight. That's what we'll be doing for the next five hours, not talking about COVID related issues. We'll be talking with you. It's Matt McCarthy in for Tony Maz on the baseball hour. I'm going to stick around to fill in for Jones as well. Sean Silver's here. He will join us in just a second. And you can join us to 617-779-0-985. A lot to get into. Jaron, Duran, Tanner Hauk, up from Worcester. Ratings in from baseball this week. Good news for the sport. We will get to that later on.

And we'll get to you, of course, later on as well. Very soon. We will take care of you early on this Friday night as I fill in for Maz this evening. Again, I just think this is where I want to start. I find it fitting that the second half of the year begins with the Yankees. because I think the underachievement of the Yankees is a huge part of the story of the 2012 Red Sox, who I think as most of us or all of us would agree, have been overachieving

for the vast majority of the year, really the entire year.

Think back to where you were at the beginning of the year.

The Yankees were favored to win the division.

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