Do It "For The Children"

Once again this evening, the TV-MA version of baseball will be displayed on televisions around the United States. At least during the regular season children could occasionally watch how the professionals do it and get inspired to play the game on dirt instead of on Game Boy.

If you're lucky enough to live in one of the western states, it may still be possible for a child to see what is touted as the two best teams playing for all the marbles. If those children happen to live on the east coast, and have a parent, that is not an option.

Even the games played on Saturday and Sunday started around 7:30 or 8:00pm - around the time said kids should be going to bed - and continuing late into the night.

I can understand the paranoia Bud Selig must feel, having to compete against College and Pro Football, but surely the product he's putting out would still draw the fans in the day time? Even the Sunday Night Football on ESPN was cancelled to remove competition for the viewers.

I have a seven year old granddaughter who loves playing baseball. I would love for her to be able to watch the World Series, but that is just not possible. And I can't tape the games because of that pesky disclaimer.

Should Major League Baseball ever find a cure for its Recto-Cranial Inversion* perhaps these games will, once again, be played under sunshine.

For the Children.

* - Head up ass, for the uninitiated.