Amazon will let Friday’s Yankees game air on cable, alongside Prime Video

This Friday’s Yankees game against the Orioles will no longer be exclusively available on Amazon Prime Video, like 20 games before it: the game will also be airing on the Yankee Entertainment and Sports (YES) network, according to TweetFrom the cable network. It’s a big change, and it’s something that Apple didn’t do last week, despite pleas from New York’s Attorney General.

Yankees fans will want to tune in as Aaron Judge, outfielder, could break a record for home runs. that’s stood for over 60 years (he It was matched on WednesdayThis article was first published. But the ability to watch the Yankees on YES has been a bit contentious lately; last Friday, New York’s attorney general Letitia James called on AppleYou can make the game accessible on cable TV. Apple TV Plus, like Amazon, is the exclusive home of Apple TV Plus Another set of baseball gamesJames stated that the streaming service would be a burden to viewers who were used to watching the Yankees live on YES.

To be clear, what’s happening this week isn’t exactly the same situation as it was with Apple. One, Amazon is an investor with YES, holding a 15% stake in the network. This makes the game play on both cable and Prime a win-win situation. YES also has been heavily involved in producing broadcasts that aired online on Amazon Prime. It also probably doesn’t hurt that Friday’s game is the last in Amazon’s exclusive lineup, so it’s not really setting expectations for the rest of the season.

Another major difference is that Apple TV makes its games available for free to anyone with a web browser or smartphone, whereas Amazon’s streams have been Limit to “Prime members in the Yankees’ home-team footprint of New York state, Connecticut, north and central New Jersey, and northeast Pennsylvania.” Prime costs $14.99 per month, or $139 per year, though you can get just a Prime Video subscription for $8.99 a month.

The move to air Friday’s game on both Prime Video and YES is largely a return to how things were before this year; in 2021, games were available via both Amazon’s streaming service and cable. Neither Amazon nor the AG’s office immediately responded to The Verge’s request for comment. The game will start at 7PM ET Friday.

Update September 28, 2010, 10:36 ET Updated to reflect that Aaron Judge has now matched Roger Maris’ 1961 home run record.