What is the most heated rivalry of Baseball?

I agree. Im a giants fan, but I un-biasedly say this. Giants-Dodgers have been even over the century, and streches back to the 1800's when the Giants were the New York Gothams. The rivalry has been even, with the dodgers winning 6 titles, and the giants five...as opposed to the Yanks basically dominating over this time. Just recently have the Red Sox made it interesting. Think about the shot heard round the world in 51' Bobby Thompson with the home run...."Giants win the pennant!" Even today, the Giants are in last place, but fans will kill to go to a Giants-Dodgers game just to the harass the "bums." I've been to Fenway, and I can honestly say that their rivalry isnt as good as this one. The only reason it feels this way is that ESPN...East Coast Sports Programming Network only plays Yanks/Sox. I can give you many other reasons why, but Giants-Dodgers will always be #1

my vote is the New York Yankees vs. the Boston Red Sox. over the last 50 years and more recently the last 30, the number of significant games and series with tremendous drama is unrivaled. The fans maybe more rowdy in the Giants vs. Dodgers but the on field games and even some of the more recent on-field battles amongst players (Varitek vs. A-Rod, Zimmer vs. Pedro) is perhaps more relevant! Boston and Yankee fans are pretty civil to each other in many regards since they recognize the on-field performances and the way each team never gives up and fights. And most Yankee fans welcomed Johnny Damon, even though he personally defeated them in the 2004 ALCS because he was valued for his hustle and intensity. And every Yankee fan would take David Ortiz in pinstripes in a heartbeat since he too is a great player. And all Boston fans respect Derek Jeter for his years of strong play and service and contributions to the great battle that occurs 18 or 19 times a year in the regular season while the playoff battles are epic.

I think Wikipedia sums it up well:

The Yankees-Red Sox rivalry is one of the longest and most bitter rivalries in professional sports. For over 100 years, baseball's New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox of the American League have been chief rivals, compounded by their geographic proximity.

Since the inception of the wild card team and an added Division Series, the American League East rivals have squared off in the American League Championship Series three times, the Yankees winning twice in 1999 and 2003, and the Sox winning once in 2004. In addition, the teams have met in the last regular season series of a season to decide the title, in 1904 (where the Red Sox won), 1949 (where the Yankees won). The teams also finished tied for first in 1978, when the Yankees won a high-profile one-game playoff for the division title.

I grew up a Dodgers fan so of course I would say the Dodgers and the Giants. However, living on the east coast now I can see why so many will say the Yankees and the Red Sox. So let's just leave it that both sides of the country both have a good argument as to which one is more heated.

Yanks Redsox is the most hyped since ESPN is their person radio networks, plus it has gone on the longest, since the dodgers have only been in LA for what under 50 years?

So since it is so overplayed I will say it, even though there are alot of other people outside of Boston and New York could care less.

Yankees - Boston goes back to 1920, long before the Dodgers ever won a pennant. It's hotter than ever the past decade while LA - San Fran has way cooled off.

Laid-back Californians could never get as excited as New Yorkers and Bostonians.

It's the Yanks and Sox. It goes back to Babe Ruth! Plus New York hates Boston and vise versa in everything.

It looks prefer to me that everybody is going so a strategies as rivaries that are interior an identical league, and diversion as one yet another. yet how approximately some interleague rvialiers, i could positioned down the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox, and how approximately manhattan Mets and manhattan Yankees. yet yet another good contention may be the Cubs and Cardinals. have been the Cubs have replaced mangers some many circumstances, and have been for slightly over thirteen years, the Cardinals have had an identical manger, and that's Tony LaRussa. And at present from what I actual have considered that LaRussa and Piniella are formative years acquaintances, and now mange against one yet another interior an identical diversion. yet of direction yet another good question is what take place to the Cardinals on account that they gained the worldwide sequence in 2006?

The Chicago rivarly is huge. Go to a Cubs game or a Sox game and you will see just how serious they take it. I've never been to a Yankees or Red Sox game or a Dodgers or a Giants game so I can't say about those but the Sox-Cubs rivarly I know is big. I think you got to go to the games and experience the atmosphere (read the T-shirts for sale lol) to know just how big the rivarly really is.

I do feel it's Giants and Dodgers. Not just because I'm a Giants fan but because both teams really dislike each other. I think Boston and New York is over rated.

its the yankees and the red sox. its the one i always hear bout and the most talked bout one. yeah the giants and dodgers have a rivalry but nothing beats the red sox and the yankees.