Yankees Rookie Beats Red Sox as His Own Family Switches Sides

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For New York Yankees rookie Cam Schlittler, Thursday’s wild-card finale meant more than just another baseball game. Raised 20 miles from Fenway Park in Walpole, Massachusetts, Schlittler grew up in a Red Sox household, watching games with a family who bled Boston red. He seized the moment, overpowering the Red Sox with velocity and command that turned him from an injury replacement into a rotation fixture. Red Sox bats produced little more than fouls and weak grounders as their hometown product silenced Fenway’s faithful in a postseason stage that belonged to him. Every swing and miss reminded the crowd: this wasn’t a Red Sox fan chasing a dream.