Beginning in 2018 We Will See More Day Games Around Baseball

[Brother Buzz]

Beginning in 2018 We May See More Day Games Around Baseball

December 18, 2016, by Michael Cerami

Major League Baseball will require teams to start many games earlier than normal beginning in 2018, thanks to a provision in the new labor agreement that goes into effect when either team faces a flight longer than 2½ hours after the game.

Sources told ESPN that the getaway-day changes will apply if a team has a game -- or even an off day at home -- the next day.

The new rules also will prohibit teams from scheduling an early-afternoon game the following day if one of the clubs played a night game in a different city the evening before.

The changes were adopted after the players' union made scheduling and start times a priority in the labor talks, in an effort to reduce the wear and tear of travel and sleep deprivation.

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I suspect the real baseball sages already knew this, but I only learned it last night while my beloved cellar dwelling Giants lost another East Coast game after a rain delayed start on a break-away night. Bet the red-eye home was real quiet.

[Gore1FL]

1. I am sorry to hear that.

Extra day games equates to more games people won't be able to see. I do like the prohibition of a day game following a night game in another city part though more for the same reasons states rather than the benefit to the players.

[Brother Buzz]

2. I can only address the SF Giants attendance record

Up until THIS year the club has sold out 456 consecutive regular-season games at AT&T Park, and that includes day games.

Interesting, you do get a different mix of people that attend day games, but they still turn out.

[Gore1FL]

3. Fair point.

I was meaning more from a TV audience perspective.

[Brother Buzz]

4. I'm cable TV challenged...

so I say the cube rats can dig up a transistor AM radio and listen, just like I do.

Hell, it's good for the grey matter to listen to a game on the radio by exercising the imagination, visualizing what's actually happening on the field.