 This was the series everybody wanted to see because of what happened in the 2003 ALCS . Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said " I think Boston ... really are ... a mirror image of us in terms of ... aggressiveness and desire to win " . Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina summarized the build @-@ up : " This is what everyone was hoping for ... it 's a rematch of last year , with the best two teams in the American League " . 
