World Series game 1 moved to Wed night

[MikeO]

Major League Baseball and Fox will make it official Monday: the World Series on Fox this fall will start on a Wednesday  not the usual Saturday. For the first time, a potential Series game will be scheduled for November. And if you thought the Detroit Tigers' week-long layoff before last year's Series seemed long, get this: The potential wait for the National League champion this fall could be as long as a record nine days. The Series is also ready to go one-on-one with Monday Night Football. The idea is to make the Series, which produced its lowest-ever ratings the past two years, more media-genic. It's like a TV mini-series, where it's critical to hook viewers from the get-go. With its first two games on Wednesday and Thursday, rather than Saturday and Sunday, it will debut in the sports world's spotlight  not competing for attention with football (and NASCAR and golf) on the weekend. Says Fox Sports president Ed Goren on starting mid-week: "It's very simple. You're immediately helping yourself." In the new schedule, the Series will skip Friday night, TV's second least-watched night after Saturday. Bob DuPuy, MLB president, says MLB considered starting the Series on Tuesday, rather than Wednesday. But a Tuesday Series start would have meant a Friday game  and avoiding Friday was a key priority.

 

[Rocky Raccoon]

sounds like a good idea to me.

 

[Prime Time]

Horrible idea. Basically you are saying "Since our sport can't create good ratings in its Championship against other events, lets move it so we can get more ratings"

You ain't fixing the real prob.

 

[MikeO]

Horrible idea. Basically you are saying "Since our sport can't create good ratings in its Championship against other events, lets move it so we can get more ratings"

You ain't fixing the real prob.

WRONG!!!!!!!!:shakeno: They are moving the games off HORRIBLE TV nights. The way it was you had 2 Saturday games, a Sunday, and a Friday. All HORRIBLE TV nights with low ratings across the board!!

Now, you only have 1 Saturday game (maybe) by moving the series Game 1 to Wednesday

 

[nyjunc]

WRONG!!!!!!!!:shakeno: They are moving the games off HORRIBLE TV nights. The way it was you had 2 Saturday games, a Sunday, and a Friday. All HORRIBLE TV nights with low ratings across the board!!

Now, you only have 1 Saturday game (maybe) by moving the series Game 1 to Wednesday

if they want to do that they should move up to the previous Weds. Having games go into November is ridiculous.

 

[phunwin]

What they need to do is move up the damn start time.

 

[Prime Time]

What they need to do is move up the damn start time.

Good idea. Much better then pushing it back. "Fall Classic" in November...talk about tradition...

 

[The Confessor]

Good idea. Much better then pushing it back. "Fall Classic" in November...talk about tradition...

Agreed.

I also agree that they are using a Band-Aid instead of fixing the problem.

 

[phunwin]

Good idea. Much better then pushing it back. "Fall Classic" in November...talk about tradition...

Actually, I meant the start time of the games themselves. The first pitch should be at 7:35, just like in the regular season. The way it is now, games can drag until 1 am. That's great for the folks on the West Coast, but not so good for the East...where most of the TV viewers are.