SPORTSTICKER AL RECAP BRONX, New York (Ticker) -- Rain seems to follow the New York Yankees this season and it has forced postponement of tonight's opener of a three-game series with the Boston Red Sox due to unplayable field conditions. With both the Yankees and Red Sox having scheduled off days on Thursday, the teams will conclude the series then beginning at 7:05 p.m. EDT. Unfortunately, rain also is in the forecast for Tuesday. The Yankees have sat through numerous delays through the first two months of the year but did not have a game postponed until Friday in Chicago. They made that one up in a doubleheader the following day but played through two delays before recording an 8-7, 10-inning victory over the White Sox on Sunday. In addition, New York had two of its first four games this season shortened because of poor weather. Boston took two of three from the Yankees last week and leads the World Series champions by 1 1/2 games in the American League East.  