The Red Sox are no different than the Marlins of the 90's and early 2000's. They load up to win it one year and the rest of the time they don't even make the postseason. They've missed the playoffs 10 of the last 15 years. The Yankees just 4 times. After we win this series, we'll both have won 2 Championships in the last 15 years, while they've missed the postseason much more than the Yankees. There ain't no second fiddle being played by anybody but the Red Sox in the AL. In MLB? History has labeled the Dodgers the second fiddle team of all time. They been to the World Series more than anybody except the Yankees and are 5th in bringing home the hardware. That's the definition of second fiddle. They had to move to the West Coast because they couldn't compete with the Yankees in NYC.
Yankees 27 of 40
Cardinals 11 of 19
A's 9 of 14
Giants 8 of 20
Dodgers 7 of 21 (8 of those 14 losses at the hands of the Yankees!)
You can yadda, yadda, yadda those 27 rings but the Yankees are the only team to win 5 in a row and 4 in a row. Hell they came up one Mariano Rivera save short of winning 4 straight in 2001! So they had to settle for 3 consecutive (joining the A's). In fact, the Yankees have won at least two in row 6 times. That's 1 less than the Dodgers have brought home total. Come on now with that yadda, yadda, yadda! The Dodgers are 3 of their last 9 in the fall classic! And speaking of second fiddle the Giants are 3 of their last 3.