The Yankees will Open Against Red Sox

New York Yankees, the World Series champions, will face the Boston Red Sox on Sunday April 4 in the first game of next MLB betting season.

The game will be televised on ESPN2 throughout the U.S., except in regions where they come from both teams, which will be broadcast on local stations.

The match was originally scheduled for Monday, 5.

When the program was announced in September, the ace C. C. Sabathia, the Yankees, he anticipated the change.

"It'll be cold. We know very well, "he said, laughing. "I'm sure it will be a baseball game on Sunday night or something, so it will be cold."

New York closes the season at Fenway Park and Boston faces six times in their last 10 games.

The two teams began the 2005 season at Yankee Stadium after Boston won its first World Series title since 1918.

The Yankees have an advantage of 18 wins and 10 lost in the opening matches against the Red Sox, with a tie.

The Yankees will not have Japanese Hideki Matsui, the MVP of the World Series, who reached a preliminary agreement with the Los Angeles Angels to a contract of $ 6.5 million a year.

A source close to the negotiations confirmed to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the contract is not closed.

"I can confirm that we are in serious negotiations with the Angels," said Matsui's agent, Arn Tellem, in an email to The Associated Press. He did not elaborate.

Matsui topped 100 RBIs four times in seven seasons with the Yankees after arriving Japanese baseball, where he was a great star.