 Since 2003 , ratings for Yankees – Red Sox games on Fox have averaged 2 @.@ 6 percent of homes – 44 percent better than other weeks , while ESPN has averaged 3 @.@ 96 million viewers for Yankees – Red Sox games on Sunday nights , compared to the average of 2 @.@ 18 million for all other games . Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS drew a 17 @.@ 1 rating , the highest for a League Championship Series game since Game 6 of the 1993 National League Championship Series . 
