Lol do the cubs play at that time so the Pope can watch?
ItsCaptainKeyboard on
I remember growing up it was 7:35 start times, now all 30 teams start well in advance of that
egusta on
Needs timezone fix where cst and est are tighter and mountain and PST are too
Drawz2772 on
I believe part of the agreement for the Braves new stadium was later start times to not add traffic to the already heavily trafficked area.
JA_MD_311 on
Game start so much earlier now than even 15-20 years ago. It wasn’t uncommon for games to start at 735 local time. 40-50 years ago post 8pm starts were the norm.
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Lol do the cubs play at that time so the Pope can watch?
I remember growing up it was 7:35 start times, now all 30 teams start well in advance of that
Needs timezone fix where cst and est are tighter and mountain and PST are too
I believe part of the agreement for the Braves new stadium was later start times to not add traffic to the already heavily trafficked area.
Game start so much earlier now than even 15-20 years ago. It wasn’t uncommon for games to start at 735 local time. 40-50 years ago post 8pm starts were the norm.