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UPDATE: PLAYOFF TIMES AND DATES

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Tuesday, September 30th
7:30 p.m. MIN @ CWS - A.L. Central Tie-Breaker (IF NECESSARY) on TBS

Wednesday, October 1st
3:00 p.m. MIL @ PHI
6:30 p.m. LAD @ CHI
10:00 p.m. BOS @ LAA

Thursday, October 2nd
2:30 p.m. CWS or MIN @ TB
6:00 p.m. MIL @ PHI
9:30 p.m. LAD @ CHI

Friday, October 3rd
6:00 p.m. CWS or MIN @ TB
9:30 p.m. BOS @ LAA

Saturday, October 4th
6:30 p.m. PHI @ MIL
10:00 p.m. CHI @ LAD

 

From MLB.COM

 http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20080928&content_id=3570430&vkey=pr_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

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9:30pm Thurs?

Seriously?

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by iluvryno on Sep 28, 2008 9:15 PM CDT   0 recs

That doesn't

make much sense. I thought there were rules about how late night games could go in Chicago, or is that only on friday and saturday nights?

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by gwood on Sep 29, 2008 1:09 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

The rules don't apply to postseason games.

8:30 CT is still too late. TBS should have backed up the entire Thursday schedule by 30 minutes. 8:00 is late, but not ridiculous.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Sep 29, 2008 1:28 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

remember all times are Eastern

"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager

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by Galvan316 on Sep 28, 2008 9:17 PM CDT   0 recs

Gonna be a late night for those going to game two

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by nji232 on Sep 28, 2008 9:17 PM CDT   0 recs

Every year these announcement irritate me

This is infuriating. I live on the east coast, therefor I will be up until 1am minimum on Thursday night and probably close to 2am on Saturday…oh, make that Sunday morning.
Also, for those of us who have 10 year old boys this is major problem.
MLB & Bud suc&!

by thisisitflyfishing on Sep 28, 2008 9:26 PM CDT   0 recs

Same problem here

For those of us who work very early, it’s gonna be a pain. Thanks Bud.

But hey, it’s worth it.

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by AceCubbie on Sep 29, 2008 6:55 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I don't understand the Thursday schedule at all.

8:30 pm CHICAGO time to start? That’s ludicrous. It’ll end after 11, most likely after 11:30. Wonderful for kids.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Sep 28, 2008 9:28 PM CDT   0 recs

I wonder...

… if Thursday has anything to do with the VP debate.

by dmlichte on Sep 28, 2008 9:31 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I think so

Seems like that would be the #1 TV program. But im off Friday so they can start the games at 3 am for all i care :)

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by Galvan316 on Sep 28, 2008 9:32 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

No, not related to the debate

They are showing the Phils/Brewers game before ours. There is a 3 1/2 hour slot, then Cubs game.

by thisisitflyfishing on Sep 28, 2008 9:35 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

With games being held in Tampa, Philly, and Chicago on Thursday

It makes sense that Chicago would get the latest start since, it’s the west-most city of the three…. and they can’t play the games at the same time, thanks to the fan uproar back in the late 90s. NBC & ESPN were showing games from different DS’s at the same time back then, and the fans were calling for Selig’s head, for not being able to watch every single postseason game.

by MillsChC on Sep 28, 2008 9:50 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

However...

… they could have started all three of those games an hour earlier … 12:30, 4:00 and 7:30, instead of 1:30, 5:00 and 8:30 central time. That still would get the Philly game into the evening hours in EDT.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Sep 29, 2008 3:58 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

How Crazy Is This Idea?

Is it feasible for TBS and TNT to show different division series games simultaneously? TBS and TNT were both owned by Turner Broadcasting the last time I checked. The NBA season hasn’t started yet to interfere with TNT’s schedule. Is there something in the MLB contract that prohibits playoff games from being aired on TNT? That could cut down on some of these strange start times.

Does it come back to having two division series games on simultaneously cuts down on the overall viewership? The theory being that if games are all on different times, the fans will watch all the games. If you have games on simultaneously on different Turner properties, fans will only be able to watch one of the games at a time.

"The big possum walks late." - Harry Caray

by memphiscub on Sep 29, 2008 8:22 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah, TBS doesn't want the audience split between two channels.

The only way you’ll see anything on TNT is if one of the games runs long and another one starts before it’s over.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Sep 29, 2008 8:53 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

they do not care about the kids. This is about advertising money and the networks want to wait to put the game on until the Californians get home from work. Little do they know that they quit around 4pm west coast time which means the game should start by 6pm central. How frustrating.

by thisisitflyfishing on Sep 28, 2008 9:32 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Agreed. Baseball gave up on kids years ago

with their playoff scheduling. Dollars and dollars only determine the start times.

And they wonder why kids have left playing baseball in droves.

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by Zeke on Sep 29, 2008 7:07 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Al

Im sorry I posted this as a new fanpost, I just didnt want the times to get lost in the convo.

"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager

SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .282 HR 29 75 RBI

by Galvan316 on Sep 28, 2008 9:30 PM CDT   0 recs

That's fine...

… although, I had posted a “game time” fanpost this afternoon which was in the rec list. Maybe you missed it there.

No worries.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Sep 28, 2008 9:43 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Beer Sales at Wrigley / Rooftops

With the late start time for Thursday’s game, any idea if beer sales would be cut-off prior to the seventh inning? I was at a rain delayed game a few years back, and I recall that they cut sales off at 9pm that game.

by Harry and Wrigley on Sep 28, 2008 9:55 PM CDT   0 recs

Beer sales cut off at 9pm wouldn't be very nice

I would hope they keep the normal seventh inning rule.

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by nji232 on Sep 28, 2008 9:58 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Wasn't Maddux's milestone strikeout game...

delayed and didn’t start after 9pm… did they sell beer at that game?

by MillsChC on Sep 28, 2008 10:11 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

99% certain

That beer sales will be cut off at 9:05 p.m.

Beer sales were cut off for Maddux 3000k game.

by gocubsgo22 on Sep 29, 2008 3:05 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Gives me a reason to stay up...

I’ll have a lot of homework due to missing school on Wednesday, because I’m being irresponsible and going to the game. So hell, now I have a reason to stay up and finish that homework, eh? Not bad for me.

I do agree, however, that it is unfair to those who have to work early the next day and those kids who don’t have the luxury of staying up to watch the conclusion of the game. It’s a bit ridiculous to start a game at 8:30 LOCAL, I must admit.

by AeroZach on Sep 28, 2008 10:47 PM CDT   0 recs

Yes, but in fairness...

It’s a 7 PM start in Los Angeles, so generally it’s fair, I think…

by AeroZach on Sep 28, 2008 11:18 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

9 pm Central time.

Same starting time as most regular season West Coast games.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Sep 29, 2008 3:59 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

My question is

 What happens if the Mil/Phi game goes into extra innings or weather delayed and is still going on when the Cubs game starts? Is there an alternative station it’d be on until the previous game is over?

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by lemon20pie on Sep 29, 2008 2:43 AM CDT   0 recs

Most likely, they'd start the Cubs game on TNT until the other one is over.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Sep 29, 2008 3:59 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

That's what they did last year

"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"

by MerlinDog on Sep 29, 2008 6:34 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Stop whining about the game times

It could be worse. I’m in the Netherlands until Thanksgiving. That’s 7hrs ahead of Central Time. Here’s my Cubs NLDS schedule.

Game 1: Wed night / Thurs morning, 12:30 a.m. LAD @ CHI

Game 2: Friday morning, 3:30 a.m. LAD @ CHI

Game 3: Sunday morning, 4:00 a.m. CHI @ LAD

And you’re darn right I’ll be at least listening to them all via Gameday Audio. Looking for ways to watch it live online, but I can’t through subscription via MLB TV. Sleep schedule is gonna be NUTS. Maybe I’ll pull a George Costanza and sleep under my desk at work.

by sparky39762 on Sep 29, 2008 7:28 AM CDT   0 recs

You and me both

My strategy is to stay up on Wednesday night, then go to bed real early on Thursday night (after all, should be exhausted from night before) and set the alarm for game time. We’ll see if it works out.

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by JohnM on Sep 29, 2008 7:46 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Agreed

Im just glad I get to watch the Cubs play in October. They could play at 4am and I will be up watching them.

by chicagodave on Sep 29, 2008 8:30 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Cheers for the perspective.

Hope the Cubbies make it worth your while!

make*art

by neverAcquiesce on Sep 30, 2008 11:57 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Broadcast Team

I heard on Mike & Mike this morning that Chip Caray and Buck Martinez (TBS’s #1 team) will covering the Angels/Red Sox series. Has anyone heard who’s broadcasting the Cubs games?

Eamus Catuli!

by wrigley_boy on Sep 29, 2008 7:29 AM CDT   0 recs

That means we probably get Dick Stockton again.

Ugh.

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by Al on Sep 29, 2008 7:48 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

+1000

He’s the absolute worst. I’ll have to try to sync my laptop (Pat & Ron) with the tv broadcast.

Eamus Catuli!

by wrigley_boy on Sep 29, 2008 7:54 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Dick Stockon last October kept calling Sori, "Aldopho Soriano"

..I mean really, how do you get that so wrong?

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by JB 23 on Sep 29, 2008 8:19 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

And he couldn't pronounce Aramis Ramirez' name right.

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by Al on Sep 29, 2008 8:54 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

It's Stockton, Darling and Gwynn...

…according to this blog.

My pet peeve is when Stockton refers to the Cubs as the “Bruins.”

And he can’t even come close to pronouncing Quade’s name right. All he has to do is read team team’s media notes.

Eamus Catuli!

by wrigley_boy on Sep 29, 2008 9:46 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

my pet peeve is dick stockton

id rather have Hawk and DJ call a cubs game. at least they understand whats going on. Whenever i hear stockton i think of some boring Lions/Bears football.

by TJ3117 on Sep 29, 2008 10:27 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Forgive my memory

But are Pat and Ron still doing the games on am720 or is the game on espn radio?

by chicagodave on Sep 29, 2008 8:31 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

They'll be on WGN...

… and also on ESPN radio.

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by Al on Sep 29, 2008 8:54 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Clarification

Pat and Ron will only be on WGN, not espn radio, right?

Would be awesome if they were, since my WGN reception is quite lousy, but I don’t think that’s what you meant

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by berselius on Sep 29, 2008 11:11 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

No, it's not.

Pat & Ron on WGN.

The game will ALSO be on ESPN radio with some other announcers (not sure who).

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Sep 29, 2008 1:29 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

You get your choice,

listen to Pat and Ron on WGN or listen to the game on ESPN radio.

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on Sep 29, 2008 8:55 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Isn't there a company that

launched a “sync” box of some type halting the delay betw. radio signal and TV cable/satellite?

Or, was it software?

by The E-Man on Sep 29, 2008 9:12 AM CDT   0 recs

Yes.

I think that it used to be advertised on WGN. Looks like they’re going back to the drawing board on the device.

Hopefully we can either pause the TV to wait for the radio or vice versa.

Eamus Catuli!

by wrigley_boy on Sep 29, 2008 10:12 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

SportsSync radio

Great device!

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by Bump Bailey on Sep 29, 2008 7:38 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

DAMN

I have a night class that starts at 6:30 on Wednesday….not to mention a test
I was really hoping for a day game on this one. Looks like I’ll be listening to ESPN radio for game 1

by cvan84 on Sep 29, 2008 9:21 AM CDT   0 recs

I work 6pm-2am all week

On Wednesday, I am thinking there will be something wrong with my eyes. They just won’t see me going to work that day.

It has to start some place. It has to start some time. What better place than here. What better time than now. ~Rage Against the Machine

by love the ivy on Sep 29, 2008 5:25 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Sync...

would be amazing…Pat and Ron are always at least 2 batters behind the tv feed for me

by sgerring21 on Sep 29, 2008 9:56 AM CDT   0 recs

Re: Sync...

If you have a DVR pause it until the radio feed catches up. There’s some trial and error involved, but it can be done.

by dorf on Sep 29, 2008 9:59 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

thats odd

usually its head by a few seconds for me.

by TJ3117 on Sep 29, 2008 10:24 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh yea

I have to listen online being in Atlanta. The online feeds through MLB.TV are way behind the TV feed.

It is well worth it to avoid having to constantly mute when talking about bartman, 100 years, Frank TV commecials etc.

by dorf on Sep 30, 2008 7:54 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I have DirecTV and listen to the game online...

It’s a lot of trial and error to get it to work but well worth it.

Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand. - Homer J Simpson

by MikeOxbyg on Sep 29, 2008 11:58 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

yea

If you are watching in HD its usually a few seconds behind the standard station feed

by chicagodave on Sep 29, 2008 10:32 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Game 2

The Game 2 time makes no sense whatsoever. I’m in the eastern time zone. Last year’s playoff times made no sense and that includes the NLCS. I know it had 2 west coast teams but it still had the lowest ratings ever. Why? 10:00 start times.

Baseball is abandoning the east coast for Game 2. No kids or people who have to be at work by 9:00 can watch that game. I’d understand it if baseball had no choice, but they certainly did on Thursday. Only 3 games, start them at 1:00, 4:30 and 8:00. This game is not in LA, it’s in Chicago! I just don’t get the argument that later start times attract more viewers. I hear it a lot but don’t see it, particularly with last year’s NLCS.

by pete3 on Sep 29, 2008 11:22 AM CDT   0 recs

VP debate, 8 pm central time on Thursday night

And once you know the debates last for 90 minutes, it makes a bit more sense that our game starts 30 minutes after the debate begins. I’d be watching Palin getting ripped a new one, but I think the Cubs take priority.

Dan

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by dtpollitt on Sep 29, 2008 12:23 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Rough announcing crew.

Gwynn has a terrible voice for broadcasting. I appreciate his perspective, but I’d rather read it than listen to him speak. Enough has been said about Stockton. I was hoping we’d get Chip and HR. Maybe in the NLCS.

by kanderber on Sep 29, 2008 11:35 AM CDT   0 recs

The NLCS is on FOX

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on Sep 29, 2008 1:30 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Which means...

…. unfortunately, we probably get little Thommy Brennaman.

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by Al on Sep 29, 2008 1:30 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Won't they send their "A" team

of Joe Buck and Tim McCarver?

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on Sep 29, 2008 1:33 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Good question.

Not sure.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Sep 29, 2008 2:19 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Fox only has the NLCS and World Series

So Fox will only have Joe “I rather watch the Bachelorette” Buck and Tim McCarver on their baseball telecasts.

TBS will carry the ALCS, with Chip Caray, Ron Darling, and Buck Martinez.

by va cubsfan on Sep 29, 2008 6:41 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Can't remember...

Does Buck show up for the weekend postseason games or does he stay with his “really hard to hear them in the booth due to all the crowd microphones NFL broadcasts” FOX?

by MillsChC on Sep 29, 2008 7:02 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm not sure.

Is there anywhere that confims this?

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Sep 30, 2008 4:02 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I don't understand all the whinning

For years now the playoffs have had late and early starting times depending on where you live. That’s the way it’s been and will always be. You can’t please all the people all the time. Let’s just be happy that we at least have a reason to watch. Being tired at work a few times or having to watch gameday from work (I willl on Wednesday) a few times is still better than not watching because the Cubs are not in it.

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson

by tucsoncubsfan on Sep 29, 2008 11:44 AM CDT   0 recs

AGREED

Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

by dtpollitt on Sep 29, 2008 1:53 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

i agree...

im in law school and have a very busy schedule thursday and friday (8am-5 pm classes) but will stay up as late as i need to in order to watch the cubs…especially since its the motherF%@#$ playoffs….i dont care if the game is on at 415am ill be watching and living or dying on every play

by sgerring21 on Sep 29, 2008 11:50 AM CDT   0 recs

Whoops!

I took Friday off for my happy birthday assuming I’d get the chance to watch the Cubs. But no! Ah well, at least I’ll get to sleep in after the Thursday (WTF!) late-night game.

Thanks for the schedule! :)

Dave

by Dave in the basement on Sep 29, 2008 12:32 PM CDT   0 recs

When do ya'll think

game 5 will be played? I have SRO tickets and though I would like a sweep I would also like to see the game! Hoping it’s at night so i don’t have to cancel my class!

"Cubs Win!!"

by northofwrigley on Sep 29, 2008 1:16 PM CDT   0 recs

If game 5 is played, it would definitely be a night game.

The only other game that would be played that day would be Brewers/Phillies. Most likely that game would get a late-afternoon start and the Cubs would get prime time.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Sep 29, 2008 1:30 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

BTW, will Len and Bob be involved in the postseason?

Will they be working for WGN TV or