ewf@ihuxr.UUCP (Gene Foster) (08/27/84)
There is really no need for all this fuss about night games at Wrigley. For the NL and AL playoffs, one game is during the day and the other at night anyway. All you have to do is schedule the NL game during the day when it is played at Wrigley. Also, on weekends all playoff games are usually during the day, hence schedule the Cub home playoff games for a weekend. Likewise for the World Series and schedule the games such that weekend play occurs at Wrigley. This could still result in a couple games that must be played during the day that otherwise would have been played at night, but this should not be that big of a deal. After all, MLB gets revenues from the networks based on the contract that was signed last year regardless of the Cubs being in the playoffs/series. The networks knew that this might happen and are now complaining about a contract they had agreed to. But anyway, with creative scheduling much of the problem can be avoided. gene foster ihuxr!ewf
rs55611@ihuxk.UUCP (Robert E. Schleicher) (08/27/84)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but as I understand it, the network TV contracts with Major League Baseball have clauses in them specifying different dollar amounts for weekend games, week-day games and week-night games, for both the play-offs and the Series. Thus, the real pressure is likely to come from the team owners, in that the networks are sort of covered no matter what h oops! happens. Bob Schleicher ihuxk!rs55611
newt@foxvax1.UUCP (A.J. McKay III ) (08/30/84)
Wouldn't it be interesting if the Cubs and Padres are in the N.L. playoffs
and the Padres won as a result of a horrendous call?
Also, I'll eat crow on my 'Panic in Detroit' prediction. Maybe the Tigers
just can't play well in Fenway (check the last four or five years' history
for this datum).
Newt (A. J. McKay)
Foxboro Company