Still bleary-eyed after the All-Star marathon last night, I am wondering this morning why the game didn’t start until almost 9 p.m.
The pre-game festivities were nice, but Major League Baseball knew that they were going to take a long time. Why not get them started at 7 or 7:30 p.m. Then, the game could have gotten started at 8 or a little after.
Even if it has been a nine-inning game, it probably would have stretched past midnight. Doesn’t baseball realize that people have to work the next day? And what about the people at the game. If they stayed until the end, they probably didn’t get to bed until at least 3 a.m. I bet a lot of people in New York called off work this morning.