Explain something to me...

[rsc]

The playoffs start the day after tomorrow. It's true that the NL wildcard team hasn't been determined yet, but the location of every game through Friday is known.

So why in the hell can't Major League Baseball tell us what time any of the games start?

Comments

[vasilatos]

Huh. MLB is an idiot? Something to do with broadcast programming schedules?

Makes no sense.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

Something to do with broadcast programming schedules?

Yeah, but they must have decided what three time slots they're using, so why is it so hard to decide which team goes in which slot? It's making my life very difficult, because whether we can go to the first game depends very much on what time it's at, and if we're giving the tickets to one of our co-owners it would be a good idea to know by when we had to get the tickets to them.

But MLB has shown time and again that the convenience of the paying customer is way down the list of their priorities.

[bitty.livejournal.com]

oh, don't worry. i, as a loyal and true friend, could help you out of your bind and find a loving home for those tickets if you can't make it.

[spwebdesign.livejournal.com]

Maybe it has to do with Colorado and San Diego being in different time zones and MLB trying to tailor the broadcast to attract the highest possible viewership for each game?

I don't know. The only thing I know for sure is that when my Padres meet your Sox in the Series, what our staff will do to your lineup won't be pretty!

[rsc.livejournal.com]

Maybe it has to do with Colorado and San Diego being in different time zones

Guess not, since they did eventually post the times late yesterday afternoon.

The only thing I know for sure is that when my Padres meet your Sox in the Series...

...or not.

[spwebdesign.livejournal.com]

You don't think the Sox will make the Series next year when the Padres do? ;)

While the Padres demise isn't quite Met-esque, it was pretty bizarre. To lose your best offensive player with less than a week to go in the season because he tore ligaments after an umpire baited him, and then to have your Hall of Fame-bound closer blow two playoff clinching save opportunities…I guess it just wasn't meant to be. At least we didn't lose to the Marlins, though, and were eliminated by two very good teams.

So, I should amend my statement to "When the Rockies meet your Sox…" ;)