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MLB Free Agents 2013: Nick Swisher Red Sox Offer Exposes Yankee Rivalry Reality

MLB free agents join their former team's biggest rival, a fan and media uproar is the inevitable result. With a rivalry like the New York Yankees/Boston Red Sox conflict, even the possibility of such a move can stir a frenzy.

Take the recent Red Sox interest in Nick Swisher. Its announcement evoked cries of wrath in the blogosphere akin to charges of treason. The Red Sox signed Jonny Gomes to a two-year, $10 million contract instead, however, many Yankee fans were not mollified.

True, Swisher will most likely play somewhere else in 2013. True, the choice is as much Yankee management's as his. The reality is that Swisher needs a job and he has every right to hire himself the best employer he can find. It's no different ...

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