The Yankees are filling their diapers over ESPN
By Cam Lewis
5 years agoThe Blue Jays and Yankees were scheduled to wrap up their three-game series in early July with a Sunday afternoon affair at Rogers Centre. But, over the weekend, ESPN selected the Blue Jays and Yankees tilt to be their Sunday Night Baseball Game, pushing the game back to 8:00 pm Eastern Time.
This mild inconvenience has pushed the team into such a tizzy that they’re mulling over an ESPN boycott. I’m dead serious. From the New York Post:
While the Yankees couldn’t prevent ESPN from broadcasting future games, the players’ and management’s boycott would include being uncooperative with ESPN for its broadcasts and any extra features, like the ones commonly seen on “SportsCenter.” For “Sunday Night,” the ESPN booth team receives a special session with Boone during the pregame, as well as in-game access. ESPN often asks for TV interviews with players prior to the game and special access. The Yankees would just say no to all requests, a source said, if the July 8 game remains on the “Sunday Night” schedule.
The Yankees are chapped because they’re set to play a double-header with the Baltimore Orioles on the Monday following their series with the Blue Jays. They’ve had a hell of a time with weather this spring and, as a result, are going to have a weird schedule for the remainder of the season as they make up multiple games that were postponed.
So, as of right now, the Yanks will play a night game in Toronto — which, for the Blue Jays, represents their first appearance on Sunday Night Baseball since 2004 — and then they’ll take off and play two in Baltimore on Monday.
The Jays, as you’ll remember, had an even worse scenario back in early May. They wrapped up a series in Minnesota on the Wednesday, flew to Cleveland for two makeup games on the Thursday, and then went directly to Tampa for a three game series on the Friday.
So what the hell are the Yankees bitching about? Good lord, you have to play a baseball game, take a late night hour-long flight, and then go and play the fucking Trash Birds, who aren’t even a Major League team. This is some weak ass shit, Yankees.
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