As we eye another potentially epic Red Sox-Yankees showdown, revisit historic baseball rivalry moments featuring Red Sox greats Carlton Fisk, Pedro Martinez and Mookie Betts.

Carlton Fisk and Thurman Munson got into a major brouhaha after a collision at home plate during a 1973 game at Fenway Park.Dan Goshtigian/Globe StaffThe fight between Munson and Fisk engendered some bad feelings between the two teams. Here, Munson goes well out of his way to slide into Sox shortstop Rick Burleson during a regular season game in 1978.George Rizer/Globe StaffThe rivalry hit a new level of intensity when the two teams played in a tie-breaker game for the AL East title in the 1978 season. Bucky Dent won the game with a home run into the netting over the Green Monster, and was awarded a expletive as a middle name by furious Sox fans. Bill Brett/Globe StaffYankees owner George Steinbrenner went into the Sox clubhouse after the tie-breaker and shook hands with Carlton Fisk.George Rizer/Globe StaffThe teams wouldn’t meet in the postseason again until the 1999 season. In the interim, they continued to make baseball into a contact sport, like on this slide by Yankees designated hitter Don Baylor into Sox second baseman Marty Barrett on Opening Day 1985.Frank O’Brien/Globe StaffYankees first baseman Don Mattingly crashed into home plate to score a run during a 1986 game, bowling over Sox pitcher Rob Woodward in the process.Bill Brett/Globe StaffSox pitcher Pedro Martinez watched Yankees starter Roger Clemens warm up before Game 3 of the 1999 ALCS. Martinez and the Sox won that game, 13-1, but the Yankees took the series 4-1 en route to a World Series victory.Stan Grossfeld/Globe StaffThe rivalry was an all-year affair by 2001. Sox pitcher Bret Saberhagen let his teammates know what he thought of the Yankees while he was chatting with pitching coach Joe Kerrigan during Spring Training.Jim Davis/Globe StaffFenway Park had to halt all beer sales during Game 3 of the 2004 ALCS, after Pedro Martinez got into it with the Yankees bench.Jim Davis/Globe StaffMartinez threw New York Yankees bench coach Don Zimmer to the ground during the Game 3 fracas. Zimmer gave a tearful apology at a press conference the next day, for his role in the fight.Jim Davis/Globe StaffYankees fan gleefully reminded Sox pitcher John Burkett of the team’s ongoing futility during Game 6, which the Sox won, 9-6.Jim Davis/Globe StaffYankees third baseman Aaron Boone hit a walk-off home run in the 11th inning of Game 7, extending the Curse of the Bambino another year.Jim Davis/Globe StaffSox catcher Jason Varitek took out some of his frustration on Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez during a regular season brawl at Fenway Park. Barry Chin/Globe StaffThe fight could be viewed as a turning point in the rivalry, given what would happen later that year in the postseason.Barry Chin/Globe StaffAfter a loss to the Yankees in September of 2004, Pedro Martinez quipped that he had no choice to call the Yankees his “daddy.” The quote was seized upon by Yankees fans, like this one who held up a shirt during Game 2 of the ALCS.Jim Davis/Globe StaffSox pinch runner Dave Roberts swiped second base in Game 4, and eventually scored to force extra innings.Stan Grossfeld/Globe StaffYankees shortstop Derek Jeter had to back out of the way of a Martinez pitch during Game 5. Jeter batted .200 in the series.Jim Davis/Globe StaffSox shortstop Orlando Cabrera let Yankees fan know how he felt about them during Game 6, aka the Bloody Sock Game. Cabrera batted .379 and drove in five runs in the series.Jim Davis/Globe StaffThe demons were finally exorcised with the historic comeback in the 2004 ALCS. Martinez and David Ortiz hugged at Yankees Stadium after the clinching win.Jim Davis/Globe StaffSox left fielder Manny Ramirez rounded the bases after hitting a home run during a 2005 regular season game.Jim Davis/Globe StaffJohnny Damon went from the Sox to the Yankees after the 2005 season, a move that didn’t sit well with the Fenway faithful.Jim Davis/Globe StaffManny Ramirez and Robinson Cano listened to music together before a regular season game in 2007.Jim Davis/Globe StaffThe Sox and Yankees met in the 2018 ALDS, the first playoff meeting for the two sides in 15 years. Mookie Betts rounded third base during Game 3, as the Sox raced past the Yankees on their way to another World Series win.Jim DavisIt was another one-game playoff in 2021, with the Sox winning 6-3 at Fenway Park.Barry Chin/Globe Staff

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