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Huge Yankees-Sox Game Set for Kol Nidre

So many questions, including: will Youkilis play?
By Marc Tracy | 4:10 PM Sep 1, 2009

A potentially pivotal game between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox has been suddenly rescheduled, and now begins at 8 p.m. on the night before Yom Kippur. The change—motivated by ESPN’s desire to broadcast the match-up as Sunday Night Baseball—prompts the all-important question: will star Red Sox first baseman and Most Famous Current ...

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Play Ball?

For the tortured club of Red Sox fans, a final match-up against the Bronx hegemon begets theological questions
By Sara Ivry | 12:00 PM Sep 23, 2004

Shawn Green’s decision to play against the Giants during Kol Nidre, but not the following day, is a dual concession. His faith gets one day; the Dodgers another. It seems an equitable compromise to me, but, to be honest, I’m not Orthodox and am indifferent to the Dodgers fate. (Please spare me invocation of glory ...