The Red Sox Step Up Their Game Against the Yankess

The Boston Red Sox currently hold a 5-0 edge in the head to head matchup against the New York Yankees. In addition over the past few seasons there current roster always seems to step up their game against the Yanks. Is this just perception as an angry Yankee fan or is it reality? Hint it's reality.Let's take a look at the three most notable percentage statistics in MLB: Batting Average, On Base % and Slugging %. I'm going to ignore shortstop because that's ever changing, JD Drew is the one player on the Sox with absolutely horrendous numbers against the Yankees cause he's a choke, and I'm not going to use Varitek because his numbers are very similar between the Yanks and his career numbers (more power less average and OB%). Therefore I'm focusing on the Red Sox we've grown to despise: Ellsbury, Pedroia, Youkilis, Ortiz, Bay and Lowell.Batting Averages = Way Way Way HigherSlugging = 4 out of 6 Much Higher, Other 2 Barely LowerOn Base % = Everybody Is G...