 In 2011 , the three @-@ game series between the two teams on the weekend of August 5 – 7 drew large television viewers . The Friday game ( August 5 ) on MLB Network drew 563 @,@ 000 viewers , making it the most @-@ watched game on the network during the 2011 season and the second @-@ most watched game on the network , behind Stephen Strasburg 's debut . In New York and Boston , it was blacked out because the YES Network had local rights in New York City and NESN in Boston . The Saturday game on Fox was most @-@ watched non @-@ primetime regular season MLB telecast on the network in more than three years with 4 @.@ 10 million viewers . The last Fox non @-@ primetime telecast to record higher numbers also was Boston vs. New York on July 5 , 2008 . The Sunday game on ESPN drew 4 @.@ 72 million viewers , making it the most @-@ watched baseball game on ESPN since June 3 , 2007 , when both teams faced each other , and the most @-@ watched MLB broadcast of the 2011 season on any network . 
