May 14, 2007
Series Moves to Wednesday
I remember this being part of the new television deal. The World Series will start on a Wednesday this year:
A Wednesday start will allow baseball to avoid playing on Friday, which is TV's second-least watched night after Saturday. If the Series goes to a Game 5, it also would go head-to-head with ESPN's Monday Night Football.
According to USA Today, Game 1 will be scheduled for Wednesday Oct. 24. If the Series goes to a Game 7, it will be played on Nov. 1, the first time baseball has scheduled a World Series game in the month of November.
Does this mean a huge gap between the LCS and Series? The regular season ends Sept 30, 2007. That means the LDS would run from Oct. 2 to Oct 8. The LCS would run from Oct. 9 to Oct. 18. That's a six days off if the LCS goes full length, a week and a half if both league championship series are sweeps. What is this, the super bowl?
I really think the networks want the last two to three games to be part of November sweeps so they can cash in on the big numbers the last couple of games generally bring. I am shocked this did not happen 10 years ago.
Wait a minute...I thought the World Series schedule had been like this:
Game 1- Saturday
Game 2- Sunday
Game 3- Tuesday
Game 4- Wednesday
Game 5- Thursday
Game 6- Saturday
Game 7- Sunday.
I don't see what the purpose of moving game 1 to Wednesday is; it just means that game 7 would end at midnight on a Thursday, no?
Assuming it goes to a game 7, we should start talking about potential "Mr. Novermber's"
On the other side, both pitching staffs would be very well rested.
