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The race for the pennant often came to a close competition between the Yankees and the Red Sox, and for fans of both clubs, a game between the two teams (whether in the regular season or post-season championship games) was cause for a rivalry that was often bitter and ruthless, with brawls frequently erupting between both players and fans from the two clubs. The Yankees-Red Sox rivalry came to a head in the 1978 season, when the two clubs finished the regular season in a tie for the American League East first place position. A sudden-death playoff game between the two teams was held to decide who would go on to the pennant, with the game being held at Boston's [[Fenway Park]] (because the Red Sox had won more head-to-head games between the two teams that season). The Yankees won the day, driving a stake through the hearts of their rivals' fans when [[Bucky Dent]] drove a game-winning home run over the "[[Green Monster]]," one of several emotional moments in the team's history that had Red Sox fans wondering if their team was under some kind of a curse.
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The Yankees entered the 1990s as a last-place team, having spent well but not always wisely on free-agent players since their last appearance in the World Series in [[1981]]. In the 1980's the Yankees had the most combined amount of wins out of any Major League team but failed to win a World Series (the first such decade since the 1910's). In [[1990]], Yankee pitcher [[Andy Hawkins]] became the first Yankees pitcher ever to lose a no-hitter, when he walked 3 men and the center fielder committed an error with bases loaded, scoring the 3 men on base plus the player who hit the ball to the center fielder. The 4-0 loss was the biggest margin of any no-hitter loss in the 20th century.
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