There's plenty of symmetry between the careers of Roberts and Boone, who once played in college against each other in the Pac-10 in the 1990s -- Roberts at UCLA, Boone at USC. They're two names synonymous with the Yankees-Boston Red Sox rivalry in the early 2000s -- Boone's walk-off homer in 2003, Roberts' infamous stolen base in 2004.

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