This was broken on Twitter just after 3 p.m. today. We now get the press announcing that the New York Yankees will open the 2010 MLB regular season at the Boston Red Sox on Sunday Night Baseball. Check out the release:
MLB NEWS FLASH
December 14, 2009
YANKEES-RED SOX TO OPEN 2010 SEASON ON SUNDAY, APRIL 4 AT 8:00 P.M. ET ON ESPN2
Rivalry to be Opening Sunday Night Match-Up for Only Second Time Ever
The 2010 Major League Baseball regular season will open with the New York Yankees beginning their World Series title defense against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on Sunday, April 4th, beginning at 8:00 p.m. ET on ESPN2. It will mark the fifth time in the last six years that the defending World Series Champion played the season-opening Sunday night game.
The game will also be only the second time in history that a stand-alone game between the two rivals has been first game of an entire MLB season. The clubs opened the 2005 season in Yankee Stadium following Boston’s 2004 World Series Championship.
Overall, this will be the 30th time that the Yankees and the Red Sox have opened a season against one another, dating back to the first in 1904. The Yankees hold an 18-10-1 record vs. the Red Sox in the 29 previous openers between the clubs. The last time a Yankees-Red Sox season opener was played at Fenway Park was in 1985.
The game will also mark the start of ESPN’s 21st season broadcasting Major League Baseball, and will also be available via ESPN Radio, ESPN360.com and ESPN Mobile TV.
We’re getting a lot of news today, especially for a Monday and that’s a good thing here.
UPDATE, 3:50 p.m.: The Associated Press reports that NESN and YES will be airing the game in the local markets. So when I do the weekend viewing picks for April 3 and April 4, I’ll be listing ESPN2, NESN and YES as the networks airing Yankees-Red Sox for the season opener.
