Yankee Opening Day was Monday in the Bronx, versus the Boston Red Sox, another opulent club amid a franchise soul search, having suffered through an ugly 2012 fire walk under bewildering guru Bobby Valentine.

WSJ: MLB: Cold and Old in the Bronx-New York Yankees��Jason Gay

Yankee Opening Day was Monday in the Bronx, versus the Boston Red Sox, another opulent club amid a franchise soul search, having suffered through a ugly 2012 fire walk under bewildering guru Bobby Valentine.

WSJ: MLB: Cold and Old in the Bronx-New York Yankees��Jason Gay

After a bubbly decade that saw the Red Sox take two World Series, 2011 felt like the bad old, soul-crushing Bucky Dent days.

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For excursions out of town, the Grand Canyon, Red Rock Canyon, Lake Mead and the Valley of Fire will satisfy your nature-loving soul.

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