Prior to Sunday’s game between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, nationally televised on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball, Boston’s rookie starting pitcher was quoted in a Boston Herald story saying that he would rather retire than sign a contract with the Yankees.

Boston Red Sox rookie pitcher Hunter Dobbins had some tough words to say about the New York Yankees during the rival teams' matchup last weekend at Yankee Stadium. Dobbins, who was the starting pitcher for the Yankees' 11-7 loss to the Red Sox on Sunday,

Some sports rivalries are never going to die, no matter how good one team is. The rivalry between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees is so heated that one rising Red Sox rookie pitcher wasn't going to let himself find his way to the Bronx to start his career.