I was up last night watching the Angels beat the Twins (sorry Julie!). The game ended at about 10:15PM, Pacific Standard time. Obviously, if you live on the East Coast, you were up until 1:15AM to watch that game.
A few years ago I went with my son on his 8th grade trip to DC, Philly, and NY. The first night we came back to our hotel around 11PM, I fired up my laptop to check results of the Dodgers game that evening, and ooops, the 4th inning had just started. I would have had to stay up beyond 1AM to follow my team. I've been a Dodger fan since birth. But I have friends that follow the Cubs, Yankees, Redsox, etc...IMO, East Coast fans seem to be much more loyal to their local teams. I used to think it was because California was sort of a melting pot? People from different areas of the country moving here and following their clubs? Now, I also believe it's because we have the opportunity to watch everyone play without having to stay up after 1AM. When I watch Sportscenter before I go to bed, all the games are Final, unless they were delayed by weather or extra innings! When you call it a night on the East Coast, our games are barely half way thru in the west...
Do you think that baseball fans would be more apt to change allegiances if the time frames were flipped? In other words, would you in the eastern and central time zone follow more teams if you had a chance to see more games in the west? By the way, I enjoy watching the Sox, Yanks, Cubs,Phils, even the Rays...but I still bleed Blue!
I'm going to go watch some HS baseball right now! But I was just wondering what your thoughts would be on this subject?
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