Okay, so he didn’t really say that. But he does make a good point. Philadelphia’s Cole Hamels spoke to the Philadelphia Daily News:
Cole Hamels: ‘Day Games are No Fun’
↵↵But in being the defending world champs, I think it’s kind of a little weird that we kind of get both games at 2 o’clock. I don’t think it’s fair. I defenitely don’t think it’s fair for the fans, because this is all about the home-field advantage or just baseball in general.
↵I understand TV ratings, but I think at the end of the day, most players would rather play when they’re most comfortable, and that’s kind of what we’ve trained at, either 1 o’clock or 7 o’clock, and I think that’s more fair for us than really the TV ratings…
↵↵Ah, how far we’ve come since the days of yore, when night games were considered sacrilege. Still, it’s 2009, and last time I checked, fans have “jobs” and “school,” and players have “naps,” all of which are neatly scheduled for 2 o’clock in the afternoon. Why must television ruin our routines?
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