But ESPN kept the pressure on.But when the delay stretched past the customary 90 minutes given on getaway days, Yankees manager Aaron Boone became increasingly worried that if the teams were forced to continue to wait and then play on the soaked field, players could get hurt, another person told NJAM.So, behind closed doors, Boone made it known that he was considering all options to keep his players safe - and that included the possibility of pulling Judge out of the game despite the fact he was the first batter to hit as the delay ended, the first person said.And when that particular possibility - the threat of sitting Judge - reached league and ESPN executives, they moved quickly to end the delay at 1 hour, 38 minutes and the Yankees were declared 2-0 winners, the person said.”"
The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak publicly.Throughout the delay, the Yankees and the Red Sox each lobbied the league to declare the game over as the forecast kept getting worse, the person said. "“ESPN pressured MLB officials to wait out an already long and particularly nasty rain delay between the Yankees and Red Sox at Yankee Stadium because the network was desperate to air Judge getting at least one more at-bat in his chase of 61 home runs, a person with knowledge of the situation told NJ Advance Media. On Tuesday, Brendan Kuty, who covers the Yankees for NJ.com, alleged: Yankees writer reports that ESPN tried to pressure MLB during Sunday Night Baseball rain delay due to Aaron Judge’s home-run race Doing so in the season finale between the two great rivals would only add to the lore, not to mention making it one of the most historic SNB nights in ESPN history.īut did ESPN actually try to pressure Major League Baseball into prolonging the rain delay so that they’d have a chance of resuming play and being the network to air Judge’s record-tying home run? Throughout the four-game series, baseball fans had fixated on Judge, wondering if he’d hit his 61st home run to tie the all-time American League record set by fellow Yankee, Roger Maris, in 1961. Both teams had to travel for their next series, but more importantly, it was Sunday Night Baseball and Aaron Judge was one home run away from the record books.
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When the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees met for their final game of the season on Sunday night, the baseball gods decided Boston should suffer a little longer, and sent a massive rainstorm to the Bronx, sending the series finale into a lengthy delay.
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