MLB Playoffs start October 1rst!

September 18, 2008

Major League Baseball has announced that the playoffs will be starting on October 1rst. This is the second year in a row that the game is starting on a Wednesday. This has fans questioning whether this is a good idea or not. A lot of fans are saying that its killing a tradition while others question whether it will get as high of ratings that it would starting on a weekend. I have a couple of things to say about this:

Its not that long of a tradition…about 30 years or so which could be considered tradition if it hadnt started during the week for the 60 years before that.
Two words: College Football. If you expect to have any kind of ratings you need to put it on a night that doesnt have a whole lot else. What I am trying to say is that if the games started this weekend, would you be watching Arizona State vs. Georgia or the Red Sox and Astros? If youre a hardcore baseball fan its probably the Sox game, but if you are a coniseur of all sports, or a football fan you are watching the Georgia Bulldogs probably whoopin up on some Sun Devil soft offense. Oh ya, and dont forget that thing called the National Football League because Sunday is pretty much dedicated to church and football.

Bottom Line: Baseball fans…Get over it. Take your chew out and stop whining. You need to start gearing up for World Series starting October 27th.

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