Baseball needs more day games. I mean it. More more more day games. Of course, this is a pretty selfish request. As a subscriber of MLB.tv, I have the privilege of watching whatever baseball game I want (except for the Braves and Reds whom are blacked out in my area) whenever I want. When I want it is in the early afternoon. As a stay at home dad, when the wife is away at work until 4:30 pm, I get to stay home and watch baseball...er the kids. I watch the kids...and baseball. I think there should be a baseball game on every day. After all, baseball is supposed to be a lazy afternoon pastime anyway, right? So I end up with a lot of Cubs games, which would be fine if they were a better team. I mean, this week they certainly looked like quite the contender for the pennant, but let's be serious for a minute, they were playing the White Sox, after all. It's not like they were beating up on any first place teams... Oh, except the first place Arizona Diamondbacks. But let's not get carried away with that. Watching the Cubs all the time is okay...but you know, I'd like a little variety. A little bit of everyone every day would be really nice.
I usually look forward to Wednesdays, because that's when a lot of series' wrap up with day games so the teams can hit the road early for their next town/series. I win there. A whole bunch of day games. Saturdays and Sunday's provide excellent day game action. I can watch them. I'm not in charge of any kids when those games happen but...I'm at work. Don't tell my employer but I watch a lot of baseball while on the job. Sorry, boss, I have an addiction to feed. So that's good. Day games on the weekend are good.
This little story comes about because I've become a baseball consuming monster. I did this last May/June as well. The big difference is that this season I've been watching baseball regularly since the day the season began. Last year, it was only at about this time of the year that I started paying any attention to the season at all (thanks Stanley Cup Playoffs). So I've gotten the same increase in baseball consumption as last year, but this time it's on top of my previous obsession. This means I'm staring at clocks waiting for games to start. This means that on days where there is no day games, I get sad and lost and lonely. Thankfully, as I write this all down, there are games set to begin in about 15 minutes. Indians - Rays, yo! And they just finished up playing each other at like, two this morning because of rain delays. Love it. I just love it. So lets watch some baseball, and preferably when the sun is high in the sky.
I usually look forward to Wednesdays, because that's when a lot of series' wrap up with day games so the teams can hit the road early for their next town/series. I win there. A whole bunch of day games. Saturdays and Sunday's provide excellent day game action. I can watch them. I'm not in charge of any kids when those games happen but...I'm at work. Don't tell my employer but I watch a lot of baseball while on the job. Sorry, boss, I have an addiction to feed. So that's good. Day games on the weekend are good.
This little story comes about because I've become a baseball consuming monster. I did this last May/June as well. The big difference is that this season I've been watching baseball regularly since the day the season began. Last year, it was only at about this time of the year that I started paying any attention to the season at all (thanks Stanley Cup Playoffs). So I've gotten the same increase in baseball consumption as last year, but this time it's on top of my previous obsession. This means I'm staring at clocks waiting for games to start. This means that on days where there is no day games, I get sad and lost and lonely. Thankfully, as I write this all down, there are games set to begin in about 15 minutes. Indians - Rays, yo! And they just finished up playing each other at like, two this morning because of rain delays. Love it. I just love it. So lets watch some baseball, and preferably when the sun is high in the sky.
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