Oct 28 2008
no world series tonight
haha this is starting to sound like a joke. With the 2008 World Series being suspended last night, people from all over are blasting the MLB Commissioner Bud Selig for multiple reasons. As I sit here watching “Around the Horn,” I’ve heard the following criticisms of Selig:
-it’s all his fault this happened.
-he should have the World Series games played at a neutral site
-he should have the games moved up three hours and not be beholden to FOX (I’ll give the panelists some credit on this one)
-he created the mess as he gave the Rays an unfair advantage as he waited for them to score that run before calling the game.
-bud selig ruined baseball
-people will never watch baseball again because it’s a mess
Wow. I don’t really know where all of this is coming from. Where’s the person blaming Philadelphia for not winning in four games so a Game 5 shouldn’t have even been necessary? I am not the biggest fan of Bud Selig, but come on. Give the guy a break. They’d be bashing him even more had he called the game and awarded the Phillies with a win. The man’s hands were tied last night and he knew that there was no way he would call the game considering what was at stake.
But I won’t just let him off the hook. I think that Jackie MacMullen was onto something when she said that the games should be played two-three hours earlier or in the afternoon in order for more kids to be able to watch these games. It has seemed odd to me that these games have gone on so late, especially since they are starting on EST. I like the idea of bumping the game start time up as it can increase viewership and possibly avoids a situation like last night.
So now what? I’m sure this isn’t the end of all of this madness. Tonight’s suspended game has been cancelled so the Phillies and Rays must wait until tomorrow to get this game in. If the Phillies lose this suspended game? They head back to St. Petersberg. Watch the Rays win both of those games and the media explode on Selig for screwing the Phillies out of a World Championship.
This should be fun. In the end, I guess I’m glad that the Cubs aren’t there. It’s kind of nice to be watching from the outside for once (granted, we haven’t had the kind of weather in Chicago that you see in Philly, so maybe this wouldn’t even matter).
