Red Sox versus Yankees: Home and Away. Eric Van has posted career on-base and slugging stats comparing what Red Sox hitters have done at Yankee Stadium versus what they've done at Fenway against the Yankees.

              Min    -At Home-   -In Bronx-

Name           PA    OBP   SA    OBP    SA      Dif

----           --    ---   --    ---    --      ---

Ramirez       268   .347  .476   .392  .629    .198

Mientkiewicz   31   .415  .444   .419  .538    .099

Mueller        53   .429  .661   .472  .682    .064

Nixon         139   .302  .349   .324  .380    .053

Ortiz          90   .441  .512   .322  .647    .016

Kapler         71   .310  .403   .282  .290   -.141

Varitek       151   .351  .443   .256  .359   -.178

Damon         236   .381  .452   .292  .333   -.207

Millar         79   .372  .590   .304  .377   -.281

Bellhorn       33   .400  .407   .212  .241   -.354

Van sez: "'Min PA' is the lesser of their PA at home or in Yankee Stadium, and is thus your sample size. I think it's safe to say that Manny really does love to hit in Yankee Stadium, and that Damon and perhaps Varitek don't." Discussion here.

In the Tampa Bay series, Ramirez hit several long fly balls to right field that were caught at (or in front of) the warning track. If he goes the other way this weekend, a few of those flies might drift over the fence.