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BOSTON -- If Alex Rodriguez is expecting a grand send-off at Fenway Park, he shouldnt hold his breath.Although the Boston Red Sox likely will make a low-key acknowledgment of A-Rods prominent role in the age-old rivalry with the New York Yankees at some point during this weeks three-game series, a source said the club isnt planning a farewell ceremony along the lines of those received by Yankees greats Mariano Rivera in 2013 and Derek Jeter in 2014 or by Red Sox icon David Ortiz at ballparks across the majors this season.Rodriguez announced Sunday that he intends to play his final game Friday night at Yankee Stadium. That means his last road games will be at Fenway Park, where the Yankees and Red Sox will open a series Tuesday night.As with most things involving Rodriguez, his history with the Red Sox is complicated. He made his major league debut at Fenway on July 8, 1994, for the Seattle Mariners?in a game that featured an unassisted triple play by Red Sox shortstop John Valentin. He nearly was traded to Boston in December 2003 -- with the Sox working out an agreement to send Manny Ramirez and then-pitching prospect Jon Lester to the Texas Rangers -- but the players union nixed the deal over what reportedly would have been an unprecedented $28 million reduction in Rodriguezs salary.Rodriguez instead wound up in the Bronx and instantly became a Boston villain. He took a mitt to the mug from Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek during a midseason brawl in 2004 and infamously slapped the ball out of pitcher Bronson Arroyos glove to avoid a tag in Game 6 of the 2004 AL Championship Series.In 2013, after announcing he would appeal a 211-game drug suspension, Rodriguez got plunked by Red Sox pitcher Ryan Dempster, then responded by hitting a home run.Its fitting that A-Rods abrupt retirement would encompass one final trip to Fenway Park, but its also doubtful the Red Sox will throw him a party on his way out the door.Nico Hischier Devils Jersey . 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Anyone with any sense of this rivalry understands how much Tide fans enjoyed seeing Auburn struggle to finish with 182 total yards and seven first downs. But the rest of us are left to contemplate why we didnt cover the game in Columbus.Just kidding. But there is a point to make here. Michigan and Ohio State played a game for the ages, but one in which excitement and emotion papered over the mistakes. Alabama just keeps churning out victories. The latest winning streak is 24 and counting. If the Tide make mistakes, they are temporary, like a rub-on tattoo. A bad punt and two Jalen Hurts interceptions in the first half led to three Auburn field goals, and Alabamas lead at the half was only 13-9.While the scoreboard said the game was close, Auburn had two more field goals in the first half than it had first downs. The Tigers gained 31 yards on 20 offensive plays. Alabama didnt turn the ball over in the second half and scored two touchdowns in the third quarter, and that was that, as surely as hum follows ho.Auburn, didnt have its injured starting quarterback, Sean White. Tigers tailback Kamryn Pettway, who missed the past two games because of a hamstring injury, gained 17 yards on 12 carries. The Auburn offense couldnt keep its defense off the field. Alabama, which averages 31 minutes, 9 seconds in time of possession, held the ball for 40:29 and gained 501 yards.In the fourth quarter, the Auburn defense was so spent that it couldnt stop a simple handoff to Bo Scarbrough on third-and-9 at the Alabama 6. The Crimson Tide bled the final nine minutes off the clock on a 15-play drive to nowhere. They took a knee at the Auburn 37 to end the game.No, the definition of excitement in Tuscaloosa is watching the clock tick as it adds to the minutes since the Alabama defense last allowed a touchdown. That s 267:54, or nearly four-and-a-half full games, since early in the third quarter of the Texas A&M game on Oct. 22.In other words, the last time Alabama gave up a touchdown, the Chicago Cubs had gone 1108 years without winning a World Series and Donald Trump had just lost the third presidential debate.dddddddddddd A lot has happened since then. Just not in the Crimson Tides end zone.So how do we measure this Alabama team? We know that head coach Nick Saban has won four national championships in the past nine seasons in Tuscaloosa. But this is only his third Alabama team to finish the regular season undefeated, and the first since his 2009 team went 14-0.We know that Alabama has won only one game by fewer than 10 points, and this mismatch was the third-closest final score of the Tides 12 victories.We know that what excites Saban might not do a lot for the rest of us.The consistency in performance, Saban said. I think thats the most difficult thing for any team now, especially for college players, to be able to sustain that for the season. Im really, really pleased and proud of our players, that weve been able to do that.We are at the nexus of a problem inherent in the College Football Playoff, albeit one that didnt arise in the first two seasons. Alabama has had a good enough season that it doesnt have to win the SEC championship game against Florida to make the four-team field. When presented with this scenario after the game Saturday, Saban almost winced.I hate it when you say that, Saban said. I hate it when you put that on TV, radio, internet, any type of communication. Look, Im really proud of our team. But really, the legacy of a team still lies ahead.Saban, the master of playing the next play, doesnt venture down the legacy road very often. He noted that the next goal is the SEC championship, which we hold in very high esteem.Sophomore tailback Damien Harris was more blunt.Anyone that says we can afford to lose a game, Harris said. doesnt know what its like to play sports.Junior linebacker Shaun Dion Hamilton, perhaps cognizant of the mistakes in the first half Saturday, perhaps merely matter-of-fact as his team heads into the bonus portion of the season, uttered one truth unsealed by the 12 games to date.Alabama, Hamilton said, is our strongest competition.The rest of the season gets tougher. Alabama will play No. 15 Florida, and then, barring something cataclysmic at the Georgia Dome, will play two of the top four teams in the nation, whomever they might be. Alabama has played no one as tough as Ohio State, no one as explosive as Clemson or Washington. But they havent played anyone as tough or as explosive as Alabama, either. That team has yet to reveal itself. ' ' '