When it was believed ESPN would be relinquishing the rights to MLB games starting next year, fans rejoiced. Just about everybody was sick of the coverage, and New York Yankees fans fell among that group.
Why? Well, mostly because the Yankees stink on ice during nationally televised games, but the fact ESPN relentlessly schedules Yanks-Red Sox in the primetime slot is nauseating. General baseball fans are sick of it. Yankees fans are sick of it. (Red Sox fans might not be, but we can at least understand that.)
On Thursday, ESPN did it again. Originally scheduled for 1:35 p.