ALDS First Pitch - game start time

[Sanity Check]

7 minutes ago, justD said:

I wish the grammar in your post was good enough that I could tell what you're actually trying to tell us poor uninformed, unrealistic OH posters needing a sanity check.  

Yeah, I butchered that one horribly.  Thanks for point that out.  My point was, more people would watch some of the other teams in prime time games, so I didn't expect the Orioles to be in any of the later slots.

[Going Underground]

2 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

But maybe they move the Horse Racing to FS2? I would think baseball easily takes precedent over that.

Sorry,,should have put a smiley face. Sarcasm doesn't work on the internet.

[Moose Milligan]

4 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

But maybe they move the Horse Racing to FS2? I would think baseball easily takes precedent over that.

I always thought horse racing was what they showed when they didn’t have anything else to show. 
 

Degenerate gamblers aside, does anyone watch that?

[Rbiggs2525]

Shouldn’t Biscotti step in here and cancel the concert? It’s Wednesday, there is rain in the forecast in the morning. If this was a Ravens playoff game and Angelos was doing this, all hell would break loose. I bought my ticket package end of may for home playoff games. 
 

To all the people with Maryland Stadium authority attacks, I know. As a partner you have say. 

[RVAOsFan]

9 minutes ago, Sanity Check said:

Yes, and that's what I expect to happen.  That's what I was saying.....basically that the matchups will dictate the schedules.....and that there's a reason for how they decide to schedule things and what makes them the most money when.  I don't think they are idiots, I actually think there's a process.  If you want to think they're idiots, that's fine.  I just disagree.  Calling them idiots is just misplaced emotion/frustration at not knowing our game time by now.

It is kind of starting to feel like you are the sole person making the ALDS game times decisions for the MLB.  Can you just tell us what time the O's are scheduled for? You can release the other game times on Friday.

[Going Underground]

The networks never care bout people going to the games. That is why they will have in the NFL playoffs, a night game at Green Bay,Buffslo or New England and put the early day game in Miami or a dome.

[TheWall]

3 minutes ago, Rbiggs2525 said:

Shouldn’t Biscotti step in here and cancel the concert? It’s Wednesday, there is rain in the forecast in the morning. If this was a Ravens playoff game and Angelos was doing this, all hell would break loose. I bought my ticket package end of may for home playoff games. 
 

To all the people with Maryland Stadium authority attacks, I know. As a partner you have say. 

What does you buying a ticket package for home playoff tickets have to do with the concert or the time of the game? No one is going to prevent you from using those tickets - it's not like the game is going to get cancelled or played on the road. 

[Going Underground]

Orioles face scheduling conflict with concert still set at M&T Bank Stadium - The Baltimore Banner
https://thebaltimorebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/baltimore-orioles-billy-joel-stevie-nicks-U5BEHOTYHZDEJEXEAFSSK2WUGM/

[Rbiggs2525]

Just now, TheWall said:

What does you buying a ticket package for home playoff tickets have to do with the concert or the time of the game? No one is going to prevent you from using those tickets - it's not like the game is going to get cancelled or played on the road. 

I think you misunderstood what I was saying. It is that could foresee this being a possibility. We finished a few games out of the playoffs last year with a much better team this year. 

[Going Underground]

I say the Swarm movie and didn't like it.

The first game of the series is slated to be played Saturday, the same day as the sold out Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks concert at neighboring M&T Bank Stadium. Doors for that are set to open at 5:30 p.m., with music beginning at 7 p.m., creating a potential swarm of people.

[TheWall]

1 minute ago, Rbiggs2525 said:

I think you misunderstood what I was saying. It is that could foresee this being a possibility. We finished a few games out of the playoffs last year with a much better team this year. 

Oh I gotcha. That makes more sense. 

[Sports Guy]

11 minutes ago, SteveA said:

So Stevie Nicks gets no say whatsoever?  

The more I think about it, the Ravens took a calculated risk when they schedule a concert during what would be the divisional round of the MLB playoffs.   They bet that the Orioles would not be one of the top two division winners in the AL, and they lost that bet.  So making them forfeit the parking is a fair solution as this situation is the Ravens' fault (though still not fair to the concert goers who purchased parking).

I know in the past, when there was such a thing as FanFest, the Orioles avoided scheduling it on weekends when it was possible that the Ravens might have home playoff games.   I know at least one FanFest was scheduled for that off week between the NFL conference championship games and the Super Bowl.

While it is a common thread on here that the Ravens have a good owner and well run organization and the Orioles have a terrible owner and an organization that has made a lot of bad decisions over the years -- I would say the fault lies totally with the Ravens here.  They either didn't bother to understand the MLB playoff schedule and when the Orioles might have games, or they chose to gamble that the Orioles wouldn't be one of the top two division winners.

When I spoke with the rep at the Ravens, he was very matter of fact about things. And I don’t mean that in a bad way but if he says what he said to me to people who actually could be effected, they will be pissed.

Telling people that they have to just “park elsewhere in the city” isn’t going to sit well with a lot of those people.

[Going Underground]

And Carin Leon is appearing at the CFG Arena and no one mentions him on Saturday night. 

 

It remains unclear what time the Orioles might play. An MLB spokesperson said game times will not be determined until the completion of the wild-card series.

 

[Rbiggs2525]

This shouldn’t be a thing and this thread shouldn’t be a thing. People play concerts Friday night all the time. 

[Sports Guy]

15 minutes ago, Going Underground said:

Sorry,,should have put a smiley face. Sarcasm doesn't work on the internet.

Oh that’s my bad. I thought you were serious. Lol