Watch Your Team In Prime Time! Unless You're On The West Coast...

UPDATE: 10/19/2009

After the 11-0 pounding of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Ryan Howard answered questions at a press conference.  Athletes and anyone involved in sports with half a brain will tell you that nothing is ever certain, especially in a 7 game series (Just ask the Yankees after losing the 2004 ALCS to Boston whjen they were up 3 games to zero).

But that didn’t stop one reporter, who didn’t identify herself, when she asked Howard something both presumptuous and ignorant.  The question, almost verbatim, asked Howard how it was going to feel to face C.C. Sabathia.

Last I checked, The Yankees were only up 2-0, and the Phillies were up 2-1.  Blatant and obvious disrespect for both L.A. teams, but to Howard’s credit, after letting out a stunned “Wow”, he stated that the Angels and Yankees looks like its going to be a good series, and that the Phillies still obviously aren’t done with the Dodgers.  He even rolled his eyes and laughed through his answer, knowing it was an irresponsible and horrible question.

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I just had to turn down an invite to Game 2 because it’s a 1:30pm afternoon game instead of a night game.  Oh, but wouldn’t you know, the people in Philadelphia get to see Game 1 just past 8 (perfect primetime) while we are either missing half of the game, or scampering to leave work early or sitting in massive traffic trying to get to game, let alone pick up kids from school, & get dinner started.  Then there’s Game 2, where the good people of Philly get to get off work just a little early on a Friday night & get home or to a bar or something, while we are right smack dab in the friggin middle of the work day.  We either have to use a vacation day or a sick day & either way, even being the home team, we don’t get to truly rage like a night weekend game would allow for.

And then there are the fine Yankee fans in NYC.  They get 7:30 start times for both Friday & Saturday nights.  Weekend night games for both Games 1 & 2.  No work day after either game.  How perfect & convenient. Plenty of time to get liquored up & rock that stadium.

They get a 7:30pm Friday night home game & I get a 1:37pm Friday afternoon home game that I have to TURN DOWN because I’m still at work!!!  How festive would I be & the rest of our fans be if our game got at least a 7:10pm start?  If the friggin regular season games in L.A. during the week against East Coast teams start at 7:10pm, then the friggin playoff games should be the same….OK fine……I’d even be ok with an early start by an hour.  6pm for us, 9pm for East Coast.  Still primetime.  Why can’t that work??

Son of a flippin beeotch

Yes, I’m angry.  I hope the Angels & the Dodgers kick the living sh** out of both of them.  Then we start EVERY WEEKDAY GAME of the FREEWAY SERIES at 7:10 Pacific Time, so we, the fans of OUR baseball teams can comfortably get to OUR own stadiums & bars ON TIME to watch OUR own teams play & screw everyone else & their flippin time zones…..

Signed—One angry Barbo