Baseball Needs To Start Playoffs and World Series Earlier

I woke up this morning and Junior asked who won the game.   “ummm….Yankees.”

“What was the score?”    I had no idea.

I vaguely remember Joe Buck saying something about using a Hughes in a non-save situation and I vaguely think it was 1:40am.

Poor Junior, he spent the entire day looking forward to watching the game but I had to chase him before first pitch.

I know Fox doesn’t control the weather.   They do control this “start before 8” spin which is allegedly 7:57 but  why don’t you stare at your watch tomorrow night at 7:56:59 and see what’s on TV.  I did hear Buck and McCarver float a fairly strong “how late are we gonna start?” vibe around 9pm.

Tonight the game starts at 8:20 because…..it’s a school night?  Because someone out ther actually needs football highlights after watching 7 hours of football?  In the 21st century are you really getting your scores from Terry Bradshaw?  

The Yankees might wind up playing 11 games in about 30 days.  That’s not baseball.   My kid has seen about two innings.  His dad has seen about 60% of them, usually the first 6 and then the last out (Joe Buck must raise his voice).

Is this why we follow the sport?  Is the idea to have fans falling asleep during the biggest moments?

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