Tonight is the first night of a 19-game, 2004 dance between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. Rarely is a game held on the third Friday in April visited by as many members of the press as tonight's game will be, but rarely are the two best teams in baseball nestled inside one five-squad division. Rarely are the tensions of even the most bitter rivalries pulled back and forth from the moment the last out of the season is recorded until the moment the first pitchers and catchers arrive for the ensuing Spring Training. This is Yanks/Sox, folks, the reason baseball fans wake up in the morning, the reason baseball fans breathe. My prediction: The series will be split, with the Yankees winning the games started by Javier Vazquez and Mike Mussina, and the Sox winning the games started by Bronson Arroyo and Derek Lowe.