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Pedro vs Roger. Two of the greatest pitchers to ever play the game. Fenway Park is rocking. Electricity is in the air. Here we go...

The game's started, and I found no thread! If one exists then this can be deleted, but otherwise, it's game time!

Yankees (81-51) at Red Sox (76-56), 7:05 p.m. ET The stretch run officially begins Friday for the Yankees, when they play the first of three weekend games against the Red Sox at Fenway Park. New York enters the weekend with a 4 1/2-game lead over Boston in the American League East, having defeated the Chicago White Sox, 7-5, on Thursday to avoid a three-game sweep. The Yankees have won 10 of their last 14 games, though they are just 3-4 in their last seven. The Red Sox enter the series winners of six out of seven. "This is the best...

<p>Granted, there is upheaval in the world and there are battles where a great deal is at stake -- life itself. All the more precious, then, the minor skirmishes on the home front that mean a great deal in a small way and remind us of how lucky we are to feel innocent hatreds, from summer to summer, at the ballpark.</p>

Date: Posted 8/2/2002 1918 Human Influenza Epidemic No Longer Linked To Birds The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History historic bird collections was critical in determining that the 1918 influenza pandemic that killed 20 million to 40 million people worldwide did not originate from birds, as previously thought. Wild waterfowl collected between 1915 -1919 were tested for the same hemagglutinin (HA) subtype as that of the 1918 pandemic Influenza A virus. The tests concluded the HA genes were different. This research is reported in the August issue of the Journal of Virology. A team of scientists from the Armed Forces...

A federal judge's ruling that live-fire military training at Farallon de Medinella a tiny speck of coral and scrub near Saipan in the Pacific Ocean violates the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act potentially could halt future bombing or shelling there. This development potentially has serious implications not just for U.S. Pacific Fleet gunners and aviators who use the island to hone their combat skills, but for any other military-training site that hosts migratory birds. Finding on behalf of the plaintiffs the Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, representing the Center for Biological Diversity ? U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan ruled...