MLB working toward Yankees-Red Sox series in London

TAMPA, Fla. – Baseball’s greatest rivalry is set to invade Great Britain.

MLB is hammering out the details of a two-game Yankees-Red Sox series in London next season. As initially reported by the Associated Press, MLB’s first regular season games in Europe would be held June 29-30 in 2019.

"I've never been to London,'' said Yankees manager Aaron Boone, unaware of the report earlier on Monday. "Let's get the royal family out there. Maybe the Queen can make an appearance.''

The games would be played at London’s Olympic Stadium; it’s not clear which team would be designated the home team, though the AP reports that Boston has the option of having both games as home games.

"Anytime you can grow our game, I think that's a pretty good thing,'' Boone said of the international series.

Also, according to the AP, each player would receive $60,000 for participating in the games, as per the current collective bargaining agreement.

Talk of a Red Sox-Yankees series in London, as MLB’s first foray onto the European stage, has circulated in the recent past. The Yankees previously played a regular season game outside of North America in 2004, when they had a two-game, season-opening series at Tokyo, against Tampa Bay.

As the Associated Press noted, there will be MLB games this year played at San Juan and Monterrey, Mexico.