The Orioles are out in Oakland, so there won't be a game thread until 9:30 Eastern. However, it turns out that it's pretty exciting when your favorite team's two rivals for the division/wild card are playing one another. So, if you have nothing better to do on your Friday night - and I sure have nothing better to do - and you find yourself hanging around, wanting to post about the Rays playing the Yankees in the Bronx, this thread is for you.

It's like a game thread, except the Orioles aren't playing.

You can watch the game on YES if you are in the Yankee television orbit, or on MLB Network, where you will get the YES feed. Of course, anyone with mlb.tv should be able to watch it there, subject to the usual restrictions, as well.