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Blame knee-jerk ESPN for schedule dust-up with Yankees

TORONTO — When you play for, root for, cover, or are otherwise associated with the Yankees, there are three things you know for certain when the schedule comes out every year.

1. All Sunday games with the Red Sox will be played at night. All of them. Every. Single. One. That’s true in years when one or both teams are playing below expectations, because there’s always the chance (the hope?) of benches clearing and bullpens emptying. But in years when one team is on pace for 111 wins and the other 109? Yeah. That’s going Sunday night.

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