Earlier today, rumors surfaced of a day game in the 2010 ALCS. When I inquired if there was any firm word on this, reader Jamal Gr pointed me to TBS.com. Lo and behold, in their day-to-day TV schedule is the 2010 ALCS. As far as I can tell this has not been confirmed by anyone, or even reported, so we have to assume that this is all subject to change. For now, though, the 2010 ALCS schedule appears to be as follows (and note this is not first pitch time):
Friday, October 15th, Game 1: 8 pm EST
Saturday, October 16th, Game 2: 4 pm EST
Monday, October 18th, Game 3: 8 pm EST
Tuesday, October 19th, Game 4: 8 pm EST
Wednesday, October 20th, Game 5: 4 pm EST
Friday, October 22nd, Game 6: 8 pm EST
Saturday, October 23rd, Game 7, N/A
This means two day games in the ALCS, one on Saturday and one on Wednesday. I’ve been a fan of bringing back the day game in the playoffs, especially in the World Series. I have fond memories as a kid of coming home from school and watching the 1990 World Series, so there’s some nostalgic value in it to me. However, I also think there may be some branding and marketing value for Major League Baseball. Baseball is a cash cow, but it is important to capture the imagination of the next generation. It’s really a long-term question, one difficulty to quantify in terms of revenue dollars and viewership, but my instinct is that an occasional day game or early start time might mean more baseball fans twenty years from now. Just a hunch.
Yet, here I am, slightly annoyed by the midweek day game. It’s probably because I’m not a kid any more, I’m an adult with a full time job and a commute. Other adults with full-time jobs and commutes like me are going to miss at least the first half of the game. Game 5 could be an elimination game, and so it’s possible that plenty of Yankee fans could miss the team clinching the pennant while stuck in traffic on the BQE. It’s not the worst thing in the world, I suppose, and I know I’m trying to have my cake and it too. But I can’t help it.
Regardless, here’s an awesome video from fellow Yankee fan Hannah, also known as FirstHeart42. She put this thing together herself using iMovie, M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes” and video clips from this year’s New York Yankees, and it’s pretty awesome. My favorite part is the synchronization of the gunshots and the home runs, and the ring of the cash register with the strikeout. The video is called “no one on the corner has swagger like us: 2010 New York Yankees”. Like one of the YouTube commenters said, hopefully she can put together another one in a few weeks celebrating our World Series win.
Update, 5:16 PM EST: Right after I published this multiple beat writers confirmed it. Start times are 8:07 PM EST and 4:07 PM EST.
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Well Lee pulled it out for the Rangers and pitched a gem so we now know we will be heading to Texas for game 1 of the ALCS for CJ Wilson Vs Sabathia.
It’s an interesting match up for sure because to me CJ Wilson out pitched his numbers all year he is a guy who barley struck out 7 per nine and walked over 4 per nine not exactly top class numbers, he was also in the bottom 2 in strikes thrown near AJ Burnett level just above 50% and we are talking about a guy who only averages 90 MPH on his fastball and never really gets that far above that yet with all that said he still dominated the Rays and has been pitching great game after game I don’t get it.
If CC can do his job and the offense comes in for him and we take game 1 it’s an open invitation to a 2-0 series lead with Colby Lewis on the mound in game 2 and it sets up a chance for us to take this series in 5 or 6 games and not have to actually use Hughes in a game 7.