ESPN decided to honor the Yankees request to move their Sunday game off Sunday night:

Yankees manager Aaron Boone said he was ”excited” and ”grateful” after Major League Baseball agreed Tuesday to change the time of New York’s July 8 game at Toronto from 8 p.m. to 1 p.m.

Originally scheduled for 1 p.m., the game was moved to the evening last week after being selected for broadcast on ESPN.

That meant New York, which has a doubleheader at Baltimore beginning at 4:05 p.m. the following day, would have played three games in approximately 24 hours.

Good for ESPN.