A question for ESPN. Why can’t Sunday night games start at 7pm. Do people in Los Angeles wrap up their weekend to be in front of the TV by 5pm? Hasn’t MLB taught us 4pm is a great time for a weekend baseball game, or is that just on Saturday? Why do the networks schedule Sunday Night prime time at 7pm? Why is 60 Minutes regularly one of the highest rated programs – are people not in front of their TV by 7 on Sunday?
Anyways, here’s Mushnick
MLB and ESPN knew 10 years ago this would be the 10th anniversary. Who didnt? So why wasnt this game scheduled for ESPN at 8 p.m. last September, when MLB released its 2011 schedule? Or were MLB and ESPN unaware that 9/11 this year falls on 9/11?
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Had Cubs-Mets originally been scheduled for 8 p.m. on a Sunday, ticket sales would have been flattened. Both the re-routing of the game — and the God Bless America pitch only lately attached to it — is worse than the usual bait-and-switch because it exploits 9/11.