2000
POST-SEASON
AL Playoffs Round 1

Sox vs Mariners
AL Scheduling
(Central Time)
October 3

* White Sox-Seattle
* Start time 3:07 pm

* Yankees-Oakland
* Start time 7:08 pm 		October 4

* White Sox-Seattle
* Start time 12:07 pm

* Yankees-Oakland
* Start time 7:18 pm 		October 6

* White Sox-Seattle
* Start time 3:07 pm
(1:07 pm Seattle time)

* Yankees-Oakland
* Start time 7:08 pm 		   Nobody saw the Sox play

because all their games were

DAY GAMES!!
  • The Sox had the best record in the league!
  • So why couldn't they play in prime time?
    		• The schedule is determined by the NEW YORK television companies!
    Major league baseball does not schedule the playoff games!
    They let the networks dictate who gets to play in prime time!
    The game that is of greatest interest to New York fans....
    ....is the game that gets shown in prime time!
    New York is their biggest market! Big ratings in the Big Apple
    outweigh EVERY OTHER CONSIDERATION!     		BUT THE FACT REMAINS:  
  • The Yankees didn't belong in prime time!
  • And didn't deserve to be in the playoffs!
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