The defending champion Yankees blew a late 7-5 lead to fall to the rival BoSox 9-7, but that’s not why I’m writing about it.

I’m writing about it because Seattle’s 7-1 win over the San Francisco Giants wasn’t televised.

Yeah, I know, here I go again. East Coast bias, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

Nah, EastSidePN is getting better. After all, they have SportsCenter from the West Coast now, right? Everything’s peachy, ESPN’s doing great. It’s just a left wing nut trying to make some noise on the West Coast.

BUT, the numbers don’t lie, and national TV stations covering MLB this season are still slanted toward the right (coast that is).

A look at MLB.com’s latest national broadcast schedule, of games televised by ESPN, ESPN2, Fox, TBS and MLB Network, shows what I’m talking about.

Team                                       TV Games

New York Yankees               24

Boston Red Sox                      24

Los Angeles Dodgers           15  (1 vs. NYY, 1 vs. Bos)

L.A. Angels                              13  (3 vs. NYY, 1 vs. Bos)

S.F. Giants                                10

Oakland Athletics                   3

San Diego Padres                    3

Note: The Red Sox and Yankees play each other on national TV at least seven times this season (expect more), which is more than the Athletics and Padres will be on TV combined. ESPN and Co. better hope those teams suck this year.