David Ortiz sends Red Sox fans into a panic with Derek Jeter selfie

Rest in peace to the Rivalry.

It just hasn’t been the same since the Boston Red Sox finally overcame the New York Yankees in the 2004 ALCS.

No complaints about that, by the way.

But it’s still weird for people who remember the true height of the Rivalry to see what it’s become. To see Pedro Martinez laugh and say, “Who’s your daddy?” back to the Yankees fans who once taunted him. To see David Ortiz and Alex Rodriguez pal around.

And whatever’s going on here…

David Ortiz posts puzzling selfie with Derek Jeter at World Series

What on earth does this mean? And why is whatever’s happening here happening?

Not to go all ‘old man yelling on his porch,’ but back in my day, the Rivalry was so intense. My Boston-area middle school actually changed its dress code in 2003, because Sox and Yankees fans were getting into fights during recess. Banning sports apparel didn’t stop endless taunting from the Sox camp in 2004, especially when the World Series trophy came to school.

Ortiz already had Sox fans panicked when they found out that he was Facetiming with Aaron Boone before the Yankees played Game 4 of the ALCS. And he’s been palling around with Alex Rodriguez for years now. But a cryptic selfie with The Captain? Can Red Sox fans know a minute of peace lately? Is it too much to ask for Ortiz to not rip the last remnants of the old Rivalry completely to shreds? Whatever happened to ‘Retired, Not Expired,’ Papi?

Jeter isn’t exactly feeling as friendly. Joining Ortiz and his former teammate A-Rod on FOX Sports’ pregame show, he told the Sox slugger to put his 2004 World Series ring away.

Fans saw Jeter get emotional discussing how hard 2004 was for him in his ESPN docuseries this summer. Maybe he’s one of the former Yankees reportedly “outraged” that this year’s team used footage of that ALCS as the world’s weirdest motivation tactic.

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