Red Sox agree with Yanks on ESPN switch

BOSTON » The thought that the Yankees weren’t going to get enough sleep the night of July 8 was keeping nobody awake around these parts.

But when the Yankees got their way last night — under threat of boycotting ESPN, the franchise convinced MLB and the cable network to take them off their Sunday night schedule July 8 so they wouldn’t have to play late into the evening and then turn around and fly to Baltimore for a doubleheader the next day — the Red Sox did not use the opportunity to make a crack about the bags under the eyes of the Evil Empire. No, not this time.

In this case, the Red Sox are on the Yankees’ side.

In other words, those in glass bedrooms shouldn’t throw pillows and all.

“MLB and ESPN did the right thing,” Red Sox president and CEO Sam Kennedy said in a text

last night. “The weather this spring has been a challenge for all clubs and starting three games (in two different cities) in less than 24 hours just doesn’t work.

MLB would make that adjustment for all clubs. We are both fortunate to play on ESPN on the national stage but everyone understands why this change was made.”

The Yankees have been rained out seven times already this season, the Red Sox just once, so there’s a

reason for the New Yorkers to have turned a bit cranky when ESPN moved their July 8 game against the Blue Jays from a 1 p.m. start to the prime time window and the national audience. The day before the switch, the Yankees had agreed to a make-up double-header on Monday, July 9 in Baltimore.