Sulak1 Nick Sulak Lynn M. Raymond English 1101 October 16, 01!

"ankees#Red So$ Ri%alry &oth articles 'eature a little bit about the "ankees third baseman (le$ Rodrigue). *o+e%er, the ma,ority o' both articles +ere about ho+ the ri%alry is +here it is as o' recent. -n the 'irst article the Ne+ "ork branch o' ES.N +rote an article about the relationshi/ (le$ had +ith both the "ankees and the Red So$. 0here he +as once the center/iece o' the trade 'rom the 1e$as Rangers but the "ankees at the last moment took the /ri)e o'' the table 'rom the Red So$. 1here is also a lot o' on the 'ield history also bet+een (le$ and the Red So$, the year he +as ac2uired the Red So$ +on the 0orld Series. *o+e%er, that same season there +ere a lot o' contro%ersial situations, during the summer the Red So$ /itcher &ronson (rroyo hit (le$ +ith a /itch and caused a bench# clearing bra+l. (nother situation +as that 'all +hen the teams +ere in the /ost season, (le$ hit a ground ball and ,ust be'ore the /itcher +ent to go tag him (le$ hit the ball out o' his glo%e, resulting in him being called sa'e but later the call +as re%ersed. 1he "ankees ac2uired (le$ but he has been nothing but a big distraction on and o'' the 'ield 'or the organi)ation. 1he "ankees ac2uired (le$ there'ore /utting the Red So$ in a situation +here they needed to go in a di''erent direction and they did and got talented good /layers instead o', at the time, a great single /layer. 1hat is +hy - am agreeing +ith the argument /ut 'orth by the article. - belie%e (le$ has been a huge /roblem and as a result he has hurt the "ankees3 /roduction on the

Sulak2 'ield. (s o' more recent ne+s +ith the 11 game sus/ension he +as gi%en, one o' the Red So$ /itchers did not like that 'act that he +as still able to /lay and hit him his 'irst at# bat o' his return, again con'irming that (le$ is a huge distraction. -n retros/ect, (le$ has done a lot 'or the team he +as %ery clutch in the 004 /ost season +hen the "ankees +on the 0orld Series. (le$ has al+ays hel/ed them +in games +ith his big bat and the ability to hit a homerun, during the regular season, yet in all other /layo'' series he has been nothing but terrible. -n the end +as his contract +orth the hassle, /robably not, but has his /roduction been good o%er the years, yes. -n the second article, the Red So$ ha%e had a great season this year5 they are de'iantly better than the "ankees. 1he Red So$ last year +ere last in the di%ision and no+ this year they are 'irst and in 'irst /lace by a lot. &ut the ri%alry has not changed, the games are still on a%erage about 'our and a hal' hours long, they are still e$citing and they are ne%er o%er until the 'inal out is recorded. 1his year the ri%alry +as de'initely +eighted in the Red So$ 'a%or but the "ankees ne%er ga%e u/. 1he article de/icted a game +here the Red So$ +ere u/ by a lot late in the game and the "ankees came storming back to tie the game. 1his year there +as a lot o' contro%ersy +ith ho+ Ryan 6em/ster handled hitting (le$ Rodrigue) in the series /rior to the one de/icted in the article. (lso Marino Ri%era, the best closer in ML& history, +as not as good as he use to be5 he +as blo+ing many more sa%es then in years /rior. "et again though, not matter ho+ the article +ant to be in 'a%or o' the Red So$ this season, +hich %ery +ell might be true, the games and series are still %ery interesting. 1he series are al+ays com/etiti%e and heart retching, the ri%alry has not lost a beat and it is still a %ery big deal. 1he reason is you ne%er kno+ +ho +ill rise to the occasion, some

Sulak3 old /layers might 'ail and some ne+ /layers could alter the outcome o' the game. &oth o' these articles can relate to our to/ic because they are de/icting the Red So$ success this year and the ho+ (le$ Rodrigue) is a key /layer as o' recent in the outcome o' the ri%alry. *o+e%er, both are still saying that the ri%alry is a huge thing and that it is al+ays 'un to +atch and see +hat ha//ens.