Yes, the Phillies beat the Rockies last night to take a 2-1 lead in the NLDS, leaving the Phils one win away from a second straight NLCS against the Dodgers.
Brad Lidge saved the game for the Phils... and it ended at 2:14 a.m. How ridiculous is that? The game started at 10:00 Eastern time, on a Sunday night. How is this acceptable? How does baseball expect to gain and keep young fans if they have to stay up into the wee hours on a Sunday night? And it was only a nine-inning game!
I get that they don't want to have multiple games at the same time or too many days off, and they have to balance the interests of the West Coast fans with the East Coast. But the game still started after 8 Colorado time- and there was no game played at 4 p.m. Why not? Come on, baseball- fix this.
The Broncos were playing a few blocks away at 4pm ET. It's the same way the leagues try to avoid having more than one team playing at the Sports Complex at any one time.
Posted by: Matvey at October 13, 2009 11:35 PM