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.

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.