MLB pushback for Obama
Major League Baseball has agreed to push back the start time of a potential World Series Game 6 by eight minutes to allow Democrat Barack Obama to purchase a half-hour of air time on the Fox network. The Obama presidential campaign said back on October 9th that it had bought the 8-8:30 p.m slot on CBS and NBC."Fox will accommodate Senator Obama’s desire to communicate with voters in this long-form format," network spokesman Lou D’Ermilio said in a statement. "We are pleased that Major League Baseball has agreed to delay the first pitch of World Series Game 6 for a few minutes in order for Fox to carry his program on October 29. If requested, the network would be willing to make similar time available to Senator McCain’s campaign."
Well it's good to see that MLB and Fox are so accomidating to the political process. I wonder how much money it took to get both groups to agree to the time change? I guess it doesn't matter how late the games run, as long as everyone is making some cash in the process [and eight less minutes of sleep won't hurt all those viewers right?].
On a side note, the World Series has not gone to a sixth game since 2003 so it may be a moot point anyway.
posted by TheWino @ 10:55 AM
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