ESPN moves Yankees-Red Sox Game

After the New York Jets had their game moved from 4:15 PM to 1:PM because of Yom Kippur, ESPN moves the Yankees-Red Sox nightcap to it's original 1 PM start and will still televise the game due to Yom Kippur starting that Sunday evening.

ESPN and Major League Baseball have agreed to switch the starting time of a New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox game to avoid conflicting with Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar.

ESPN told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the Sept. 27 game was returning to its original start time of 1 p.m. ET. It had been changed to 8 p.m.; Yom Kippur, a day of fasting and atonement, begins at sundown that evening.

"I am pleased we were able to resolve this sensitive issue that impacted many baseball fans and are able to move the game at Yankee Stadium to 1 p.m.," Commissioner Bud Selig said in a statement.

ESPN will still televise the game.

Earlier this year, the NFL agreed to move the start time of the New York Jets' home game against the Tennessee Titans on the same day from 4:15 p.m. to 1 p.m. That change was made after Jets owner Woody Johnson sent a letter to commissioner Roger Goodell suggesting the switch, so that fans could arrive home before sundown.

Unfortunately, there's not enough of a Jewish community in the state of Kentucky to merit Kentucky and Louisville moving the BIGGEST GAME OF THE SEASON to a date when it isn't Rosh HaShanah. This is where Rich Brooks makes me angry. He'd rather play Louisville during the third week of the season as opposed to opening weeekend.

That third week coincides with Rosh HaShanah. I had to upgrade my cable television package just so I can DVR the game.