Red Sox or Yankees? Take your pick.

The Boston Red Sox. The New York Yankees. It doesn’t get any better than this. Longtime storied and bitter rivals will meet in postseason for a fourth time, a first in a best-of-five series. The others were all best-of-seven. The last time the Red Sox and Yankees squared off in a playoff matchup was 14 years ago. New York…

The Boston Red Sox. The New York Yankees.

It doesn’t get any better than this.

Longtime storied and bitter rivals will meet in postseason for a fourth time, a first in a best-of-five series. The others were all best-of-seven. The last time the Red Sox and Yankees squared off in a playoff matchup was 14 years ago.

New York won the 1999 AL Championship Series 4-1 over Boston before both teams had pair of epic ALCS struggles back-to-back years in 2003 and 2004. New York won a heated 2003 classic at home on an extra-inning homer in Game 7 by Aaron Boone, now the team’s rookie manager, off Tim Wakefield.

The next year, David Ortiz, Curt Schilling and Johnny Damon led the Red Sox to an unprecedented comeback from a 3-0 deficit with a Game 7 win at Yankee Stadium. Boston went on to win World Series for the first time in 86 years.

Both teams also played the famous regular-season tiebreaker for 1978 AL East title at Fenway Park after New York made up a huge deficit in the standings down the stretch. A go-ahead home run by light-hitting shortstop Bucky Dent over the Green Monster in left field helped the Yankees rally to win and on the way to a second consecutive World Series crown.

Here are some news and notes heading into the series:

– These division rivals are 57-57 head to head since 2013.

– Boston skipper Alex Cora is also in his first year as a major league manager.

– The Red Sox essentially put away the Yankees in AL East race this year with four-game sweep at Fenway Park in early August. New York took two of three in Boston to close the regular season, but the Red Sox had already wrapped up home-field advantage throughout the postseason. A victory in the series opener clinched home field in the wild card game for Yankees.

– Last year, Boston ended its regular season against Houston before both teams met in the playoffs. The Astros eliminated the Red Sox en route to a World Series championship.

– The Yankees are 7-0 at home in the postseason the past two years.

– The Yankees hit a major league-record 267 home runs this season but aren’t much of a threat on the bases with only 63 steals.

Who’s going to win this ALDS Best-of-5 series between the Red Sox and Yankees?

Take your pick.

Vote in our informal and unscientific poll and tell us what you think in the comments section.