Why oh why is Opening Night not a day game? I need your help.
I know the official reason is that the Padres don’t want to fly cross-country to play a day game. Why do the Padres have to play the Mets the second week of the season? I never remember the schedule being like that.
Why couldn’t Bud Selig use his powers of baseball to make the Padres play a day game? Why couldn’t the Mets play Tuesday and risk the rain out? It’s not like they won’t make us sit there for hours anyway (see Yankees, Opening Day 2008?)
It’s a new stadium, a new beginning and it’s already annoying. If you’re interested enough to read my dopey blog then I’m sure you had been to Shea in April for a night game. It’s miserable. Even if it’s 81 degrees at noon, it will be in the 40s at 8:30.
The Mets are selling “Opening Day” packages. Sunset for Monday April 13, 2009 is scheduled for 7:32pm. Unless the Mets have a deal with God worked out, or they plan to get the game in in under 22 minutes, I think they lie.
Maybe if enough people bitch we can pressure Selig into stepping in.
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Might this have anything to do with passover?
How could passover have anything to do with it? It ends on the 15th. And in that case, a day game would help because you could still make it to Seder.
Seriously, is this another “let’s blame the Jews for everything” kind of thing?
I can get behind this!
Count me in I’m writing a post right now!!!
Viva la Revolution!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous…far be it from me to blame the Jews for anything…I thought it was the last day of passover so that maybe they’d consider having it after sundown so that some people may attend. However, my 39 year old eyes saw a “13” instead of a “15” on the passover dates.
Now that being said, the Tigers are having their opening day on the afternoon of Good Friday. Selig should make them change that.