WORLD SERIES!!! Best of 7 GDST: Braves @ Stros

[connorp]

Lol. Not now Spank

[Spanky99]

Not their year mate. They go down tonight

 

20 bucks!

 

You were saying?

[connorp]

You were saying?

 

Joc is tying it right here actually

[connorp]

He needs to stop with the pearls. He sucks. Going to bed. They need to start these games at 715

[HealthDream007]

Since the 1st inning Grand Slam, the Astros have outscored the Braves 9 to 1.

[Stangstag]

Game 6!!!

[Spanky99]

He needs to stop with the pearls. He sucks. Going to bed. They need to start these games at 715

 

[Pinkfloid]

Figured the Astros would win as soon as the Braves hit their grand slam. Seems like every elimination playoff game where one team jumps out to a big lead, they start to get defensive and tighten up while the other team chips away and eventually wins. Still think the Braves will win but it would've been nice for them to do it at home.

[Spanky99]

Game 7 in extras, put up 3 and watch the stadium die!!!

[Spanky99]

Who'd have thought Maldanado would be key?

[Jimcanuck]

He needs to stop with the pearls. He sucks. Going to bed. They need to start these games at 715

 

MLB is doing itself a disservice with these long / late WS games. Not the way to grow a fanbase.

[connorp]

 

That’s fair

[Stangstag]

MLB is doing itself a disservice with these long / late WS games. Not the way to grow a fanbase.

 

Stupid take.

 

The reality is that the WS is a possible 7 games over the span of 8 days. Most casuals won't watch more than 2-3 of the games. Changing the start time does nothing to change that. As for the length, there's really nothing they can do. Its not any different than NFL/NBA where the final 10 minutes of the game takes like an hour to finish with all the timeouts and crap.

[Eat My Shatkins]

I'm still hoping there is a way for both these teams to lose.

 

I don't want to see the cheats win but it pisses me off to no end that a team with less wins than the Jays, and who the Jays went 6 for 6 against this season, is on the brink of a WS championship because they got hot at the right time and just happen to be in the shittiest division in baseball.

 

They shouldn't have even got a sniff of the playoffs never mind win a WS. They won 88 games in a division where 2nd place only won 82.

[Jimcanuck]

Stupid take.

 

The reality is that the WS is a possible 7 games over the span of 8 days. Most casuals won't watch more than 2-3 of the games. Changing the start time does nothing to change that. As for the length, there's really nothing they can do. Its not any different than NFL/NBA where the final 10 minutes of the game takes like an hour to finish with all the timeouts and crap.

 

"Stupid take"? lol

 

It's my opinion that starting games after 8 pm and extending almost to midnight (EST) is not optimum. If you have evidence to the contrary, great. Otherwise, your opinion is just as stupid, to use your terminology.

[Brownie19]

I mean the games start at 8 to blend across all time zones. You would think that those on the west coast who aren't off work until 5 would miss the start of a 7 pm EST game, but that does seem like a lesser evil than so many turning the game off to go to bed at 11 pm EST. I'm sure those a lot smarter than us understand this all better.

 

That said - I've always found it crazy to think that people live in areas where football games start at 10 or 11 am - or baseball/hockey games start at 5 pm. I guess it's all what you're accustom to, but that seems so bizarre to me.

[Jimcanuck]

I mean the games start at 8 to blend across all time zones. You would think that those on the west coast who aren't off work until 5 would miss the start of a 7 pm EST game, but that does seem like a lesser evil than so many turning the game off to go to bed at 11 pm EST. I'm sure those a lot smarter than us understand this all better.

 

That said - I've always found it crazy to think that people live in areas where football games start at 10 or 11 am - or baseball/hockey games start at 5 pm. I guess it's all what you're accustom to, but that seems so bizarre to me.

 

Ya, if some on the west coast miss an inning or two, that's a lesser problem than those on the east shutting it off in the 6th of 7th inning.

[connorp]

I mean the games start at 8 to blend across all time zones. You would think that those on the west coast who aren't off work until 5 would miss the start of a 7 pm EST game, but that does seem like a lesser evil than so many turning the game off to go to bed at 11 pm EST. I'm sure those a lot smarter than us understand this all better.

 

That said - I've always found it crazy to think that people live in areas where football games start at 10 or 11 am - or baseball/hockey games start at 5 pm. I guess it's all what you're accustom to, but that seems so bizarre to me.

 

It’s 4pm on the WC when it’s 7pm on the EC…so I get it. They time it to be most ideal I guess. But a lot of us old-timers won’t see the end of games on the EC

[glory]

The NBA starts Finals games at 9 pm EST. Of course, basketball games are usually around 2 and a half hours long and have a clock, so it's pretty much guaranteed to end before 11:30 (unless there are overtimes), but that's still pretty late in the east. Baseball just happens to be a game without a clock, and you can't really predict pace of play because a lot of times it depends on who is pitching, how many pitching changes, how many runs are being scored, etc. Even if games started at 7:05, they could conceivably still end after 11 pm.

 

The only thing MLB can do is add a pitch clock and hope it cuts a decent chunk of time from the games on average. You can't really fundamentally change what baseball is to make the games faster, so killing as much dead time as possible is the only way.

[KevinGregg]

I mean the games start at 8 to blend across all time zones. You would think that those on the west coast who aren't off work until 5 would miss the start of a 7 pm EST game, but that does seem like a lesser evil than so many turning the game off to go to bed at 11 pm EST. I'm sure those a lot smarter than us understand this all better.

 

That said - I've always found it crazy to think that people live in areas where football games start at 10 or 11 am - or baseball/hockey games start at 5 pm. I guess it's all what you're accustom to, but that seems so bizarre to me.

Baseball at 5pm is like religion for me. Idk what I’d do for 2 hours after work every day if I had to wait until 7pm for the Jays

[Stangstag]

Baseball at 5pm is like religion for me. Idk what I’d do for 2 hours after work every day if I had to wait until 7pm for the Jays

 

Commute home plus prepare and eat dinner

[John_Havok]

Commute home plus prepare and eat dinner

 

Meh, for those of us in the west, these start times are perfect. The east can suck donkey nuts.

[Brownie19]

Baseball at 5pm is like religion for me. Idk what I’d do for 2 hours after work every day if I had to wait until 7pm for the Jays

 

That's an interesting perspective - thanks for sharing. I suspect it truly depends on what you get used to. For me, 5-8 is typically time for stuff with my kids. Often that includes their own hockey/baseball and we're missing the start of the game or listening on the radio during the drive (unless we tape it). Once showers are done, we sit down and watch some baseball until it's time for bed.

[The Cats Ass]

I haven't watched 1 WS game this season, they are on way too late for me. With a 9:10pm start time and a possible 4 hour game, it wouldn't get over until 1AM.

[Brownie19]

I haven't watched 1 WS game this season, they are on way too late for me. With a 9:10pm start time and a possible 4 hour game, it wouldn't get over until 1AM.

 

I don't think you're the target market.

 

Still - if you love baseball, why wouldn't you tune in to watch at least the first half of the game? I assume most Jays games start at 8:07 for you? Do you watch them?

 

 

It would be interesting to talk to someone in the know at MLB to see what the data suggests. If I lived in the west coast, I think I'd actually love a 4:07 start time. I would tape the first hour or so while I'm still at work - which would allow me to skip through all the commercials and pitching changes and reduce how long it takes for me to watch the game. That's a win-win all around. I actually do this quite a bit with Jays/Raps games when I'm stuck parenting or at a hockey/baseball game late. The key is keeping your phone or notifications off so you don't end up seeing the score until you're watching.

[Spanky99]

 

[Abomination]

Wow! Crazy play.

[HealthDream007]

They didn't challenge that?

[Abomination]

If Fried was a soccer player, he would have been rolling around the entire length of the stadium on that play. The Slo-Mo makes it look 1000x worse too.

[Jonn]

Not enough mustard on that one from TV Dinner.