Last night I woke up around 11:15 or so. The TV was on. Seems the Yankees were playing the Dodgers in the World Series. It was the 9th inning.
I had missed three innings or so. It was 4-0, I think, and 11:15, so I turned it off.
Baseball likes to play its biggest events when the most likely fans are passing out in recliners.
There’s nothing new here, as this has been going on for decades now – but here’s the thing – notice how the sport is far less popular than it used to be. When you’re getting bigger audiences in Japan than the US, it’s time to question those “8pm” starts – and when did last night ACTUALLY start? 8:20?
This was the best opportunity baseball has had in 20 years. They blew this one too.
You can “old man yells at cloud” me all you want – but this old man has disposable income, and the generations after the old man don’t care about baseball.
