The Boston Red Sox announced tonight that they will be changing the night game times from 7:05 PM to 7:10 PM.
“During the week approximately 60 percent of our fans enter the ballpark after 6:30 p.m. Moving the starts by even a few minutes will give them a little more time to make it to Fenway Park from work or home, take advantage of pregame festivities and ballpark amenities, and reach their seats before the first pitch. And if fans are enjoying the game broadcast, they will have more opportunity to listen to the expanded pregame show on WRKO/WEEI or catch the first pitch on NESN,” said Larry Lucchino, Red Sox President/CEO.
I don’t buy the reasoning from Lucchino. Most Red Sox games seem to take forever and that 5 minutes at the start shouldn’t make a difference. It seems to me that this is more of a revenue thing for NESN being able to run some more ads before the game starts.
And since they are changing game times, why not start the Yankees home games that are at night at 6:05 PM. Those games usually take a least 4 hours as is.
Boston Red Sox 2009 regular season game times to move from 7:05 p.m. to 7:10 p.m. [redsox.com]
