Bud Selig Wants A World Series Day Game

Hmmm. An actual good idea from Bud. But how will they get this to happen?

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Huh?

Selig: …but our objective is to have as many viewers as possible.

Then what the h*** have you been doing for the past 25 years? MLB has lost an entire generation of potential fans because of their insistence of moving all games to night games and ultimately having them end well after midnight in the eastern time zone.

I guess trying to corral one cow back into the barn is a start, Bud.

"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)

Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...

by Zeke on Oct 28, 2009 9:00 AM CDT reply actions 4 recs

Mooooooooo!!!

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on Oct 28, 2009 9:53 AM CDT up reply actions 3 recs

Rec'd

by madcow256 on Oct 28, 2009 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions 3 recs

Mooove along.

Nothing to see here.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al on Oct 28, 2009 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions 3 recs

I would now like to see this whole f'ing thread

turned green. For varying reasons. Mostly because it’s udderly ridiculous.

"This next song... it's about the White Sox. It's called: F*** Em'." - Eddie Vedder

by PacificCub on Oct 28, 2009 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions 3 recs

couldn't resist

I had to rec you all. Let’s just say I’ve herd just about every bad cow pun there is.

"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes

by katie casey on Oct 28, 2009 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions 3 recs

cud you stand one more?

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Oct 28, 2009 12:06 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs

Cheesy.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al on Oct 28, 2009 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs

I wish I could rec that twice!

That is one I haven’t heard! Which is a good because the cud thing would be hardly complimentary. I am an artist and my main subject matter is cows. People like to make crazy comments when they see my work. I get a lot of moos and “your work is mooving” or “udderly delightful”, etc. etc. I know they mean well so I try not to roll my eyes when they walk away.

"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes

by katie casey on Oct 28, 2009 12:22 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs

So they just try to butter you up?

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al on Oct 28, 2009 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs

You win!

"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes

by katie casey on Oct 28, 2009 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs

He's just trying to milk the theme

I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Oct 28, 2009 1:37 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs

nice of him to chip in

"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes

by katie casey on Oct 28, 2009 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs

you guys got me laughing so hard, I may not be able to lift my Holstein of beer...

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Oct 28, 2009 2:05 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs

Are you by any chance drinking milk stout?

or New Glarus’ Spotted Cow?

"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes

by katie casey on Oct 28, 2009 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs

I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Oct 28, 2009 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs

Big Z's other nickname

El Toro

"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes

by katie casey on Oct 28, 2009 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs

I cannot recommend this enough.

The fact that younger fans (at least on the east coast) have no chance to see those moments that define a World Series because they’re happening after they are in bed continues to bother me to no end.

I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg

by Trey2317 on Oct 28, 2009 11:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

As it should.

My kids have NO interest in baseball. I’m not saying playing the WS earlier in the eastern time zone would have made a difference, but it sure didn’t help.

Well, that and the fact they swore off playoff baseball after I took them to the 2003 NLCS game #6.

Now only 12,859 on the "Cubs Season Tickets Waiting List"...

by Zeke on Oct 28, 2009 11:27 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Even as a 27-year old, I don't stay up and watch all the games anymore.

And it’s a shame. I’m right in the demographic wheelhouse to MLB, and I love baseball. But I’m not going to stay up until 12:30 on a worknight to watch the end of the game, more than likely.

Between days off killing the momentum and natural flow of a series and games starting at 8:27 ET, they’ve single-handedly prevented an entire generation of fans from seeing the crowning event of the baseball season.

I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg

by Trey2317 on Oct 28, 2009 11:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

wish I was as smart as your kids :)

"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes

by katie casey on Oct 28, 2009 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Football Competition

I don’t know if football gained more younger fans over the last 20-25 years or not because of no World Series day games or not in baseball with which to compete. Of course, there are a lot of college and pro games on during the day on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. I’m glad we are having earlier evening starts now in the World Series. Even with the earlier starts, those in the eastern time zone and sometimes even in the central time zone aren’t able to stay up late enough to see the end of games. Keep in mind, the sizable majority of people in the US live in of one of those two time zones.

That being written, I do feel bad for Dodgers and Angels fans, who weren’t able to get to playoff games because of late afternoon starts to appease those back east. Perhaps, the postseason games are simply too freakin’ long.

"The big possums walk late." - Harry Caray

by memphiscub on Oct 28, 2009 11:30 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Doesn't he say this at the start of the WS every year?

It’s just Bud blathering

by doofus cubs guy on Oct 28, 2009 11:39 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Bud may want a WS day game....

however, when FOX ponies up however many billions of dollars for broadcast rights, I’m sure they have in the contract that all WS games are at night. But why? During the week, I understand. People are working, and they want those games in primetime. But why not a weekend day game, like they do in the first two rounds of the playoffs. Day or night, you’re still going to compete against college and pro football games on the weekend in whatever time slot you choose.

"Don't complain to me about the stormy weather, boys. Just bring the ship into port." --Steve Stone, September 2004

by ctcoff99 on Oct 28, 2009 1:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

You could have one in the late-afternoon timeslot on Sunday...

… if you could work out a deal with the NFL, say, have them have a lot of byes that week, and give that timeslot to baseball. You’d give them a lot of cross-promotion in return.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al on Oct 28, 2009 2:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was thinking if Friday was an off/travel day, you could have a Saturday afternoon game...

…followed by a Sunday night game. I think FOX would be more agreeable to this seeing as how they don’t broadcast any college football games and they wouldn’t have to give up their Sunday afternoon NFL games.

Of course, Sunday night would be the ultimate in broadcasting irony with a WS game going up against football on NBC – previous home of the baseball’s Game of the Week when I was growing up. Man, I used to live for that Saturday afternoon game – I can still remember the opening segment music…

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Oct 28, 2009 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

…baseball’s Game of the Week when I was growing up. Man, I used to live for that Saturday afternoon game – I can still remember the opening segment music

Ditto.

For some reason I always remember the games involving the Giants, though I’m sure that wasn’t the case.

"This next song... it's about the White Sox. It's called: F*** Em'." - Eddie Vedder

by PacificCub on Oct 28, 2009 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs