How to bet Sunday Night Baseball between New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox

Even if the only baseball you watched was MLB's Sunday Night Baseball weekly showcase, the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox would need no introduction. Frequent Sunday night participants no matter who they play -- only a first-week rainout prevented this from being, like Boston, the Yankees' second appearance of 2016 -- when they face off in a weekend series, it's a near guarantee they'll be playing Sunday's last game.

There's good reason for viewers' familiarity with these two teams, of course. Not only do they both have nationwide fan bases, but they also win. Since the playoffs expanded in 1995, there was only one year in which neither Boston nor New York made the postseason, and in that time there has never been a season in which both teams finished under .500.

One month into this season, Boston is holding up its end of the success bargain, entering the day just one-half game behind AL East-leading Baltimore. The Yankees, thanks in part to the losses Boston hung on them in the first two games of the series, enter the game in last place. It's the first time New York has been in last place this late in the season since 2008.

Our handicappers, Joe Peta and Andrew Lange, take a look at Sunday night's matchup, in which the Red Sox are strong favorites to continue the Yankees' misery.