Yankees caught off-guard by Wells, Red Sox.

Publication: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)

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Byline: Mike Berardino

BOSTON _ The first swing vote came before Friday's first pitch was even thrown.

It came long before the Red Sox held off a late Yankees rally for a 5-3 win at rollicking Fenway Park. Long before Jason Varitek's homer and Jason Giambi's throwing error and four big outs from the rubber arm of Mike Timlin at the end.

It came long before these two teams found themselves knotted again atop the American League East with two games (and possibly a Monday playoff) still to go.

Wade Boggs, freshly minted Hall of Famer, stood at a microphone behind home plate and tiptoed through a public relations landmine.

He spent the bulk of his career with the Red Sox, but he also played five years with the Yankees in the mid-1990s. Who could ever...

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