It may have slipped under your radar, but on Thursday, August 29, the New York Yankees made an acquisition that might redefine the day-to-day experience of the average Yankees fan. No, they did not sign a pitcher or claim one off waivers, or even activate a player off the IL.
They bought back the YES Network.
The Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network, more commonly known as the YES Network, began as the brainchild of a now-defunct 1998 business merger known as YankeeNets between the business operation sides of the New York Yankees and New Jersey Nets, as an attempt to get out of a monopoly-like contract with Cablevision and gain team control over their broadcasting rights.