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FRIDAY’S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:MLB: Cleveland at Houston, 2:05 p.m. (TBS)MLB: Colorado at Milwaukee, 4:15 p.m. (FS1)MLB: NY Yankees at Boston, 7:32 p.m. (TBS, WEEI-FM 93.7)MLB: Atlanta at LA Dodgers, 9:37 p.m. (FS1)NHL: Carolina at Columbus, 7 p.m. (NHL Network)
AROUND THE WEB:
-- The Yankees arrived in Boston on Thursday and gave Red Sox fans another reason to hate them.
“We understand that there’s a very intense rivalry between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, but quite frankly we’re a little outraged they would take it out on working class people who are out here sacrificing to improve their livelihoods,” Unite Here Local 26 President Brian Lang said. “This is a slap in the face to all Bostonians.”
The union does also represent some Fenway Park workers, but they are not on strike.
“The Red Sox would never spit on their fans the way the Yankees are,” Lang continued. “We believe just like David Ortiz said, ‘This is our city.’ We’re proud of it, and who are they to be coming in and spitting on a message that we’re trying to bring through for all the people of Boston?”
In a statement, the MLB Players Association said, “From what we understand, these workers have been trying to negotiate a fair contract for more than six months. They deserve to be heard and deserve our support.”
-- Johnny Damon is one of the few players who has won a World Series with both the Red Sox and the Yankees but he is picking the latter over the former in the upcoming ALDS.
"New York's my team," Damon said. "The Yankees, that's who I want to win … I think [the Yankees> upset them."
Damon, of course, won the World Series with the Red Sox in 2004 before he turned into a traitor and signed with the Yankees in 2006.