In the year 2010 the Padres are changing game times

by jbox on Sep 2, 2009 3:12 PM PDT

When I first read this I thought, "this doesn't affect me! Let my grandchildren worry about those game time changes while flying around in their cars or with their jet packs!", it is after all in the year 2010. Then I realized it was next year and the future is upon us and that I don't have a jet pack or a flying car.

In a shift from what the team previously offered, the Padres will begin Saturday night games at 5:35 p.m. PT and their weekday day games at 3:35 p.m.

Anyway I think I'm in favor of these changes for the following reasons:

Now you can just get out of work a little early to catch a Padres game instead of taking a half or full day.
Watching a weekday game is better than sitting in rush hour, but if you are sitting in traffic you can listen to the game.
The Saturday games will be easier to attend If you have kids because no kid is going to be good after 9pm.
Fans that live in different time zones will find it easier to watch without staying up until 1am.
Padres Party Girls can go to games and still have time to go to the Gaslamp after the game and binge drink.
Leaving a game at 10pm on Saturday night then getting to the ballpark at noon on Sunday made it feel like you never left, which made you feel kind of gross. Now attending both games seems a bit more doable.

What are some of the negatives from a change like this?

The shadows on the field. When it’s dark over home plate and bright over the mound, people hit even less.
The sun is in your eyes until it goes down right about 7 o clock. So now instead of going down at game time, it’s going to be in your eyes during the game. So that kind of sucks.

Poll

Do you like the game time changes?

Yes, these game times will make it more convenient for me to attend

167 votes

No, you can take these game times and shove them

85 votes

252 votes | Poll has closed

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The real question is

will this affect your ability to get the open threads up in time? Positively or negatively?

What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone on this blog is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on our souls.

by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Sep 2, 2009 3:20 PM PDT reply actions

bug Dex about it

I’m not the only one responsible.

by jbox on Sep 2, 2009 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions

"In 3 days? That's tomorrow!"

I’m just worried about the shadows on the field. When it’s dark over home plate and bright over the mound, people hit even less.

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by Axion on Sep 2, 2009 3:21 PM PDT reply actions

that's a good point

hitting less is boring.

by jbox on Sep 2, 2009 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions

I think that's why extra inning games run so long

Once it gets to late afternoon, nobody can see.

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by Axion on Sep 2, 2009 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions

I was actually thinking

the time changes would have been even earlier. Can’t eat breakfast at 3:30 or 5:30………..or can you?

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by SDPads_1 on Sep 2, 2009 3:34 PM PDT reply actions

Think about it like this

You get home/pass out earlier on Saturday night, just in time to head back down for mimosas!

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by Axion on Sep 2, 2009 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions

Has anyone on this site

ever been down there for breakfast?? And I’m not talking to you dex & jbox since you guys get treated to the VIP breakfast buffet table instead of the stuff us normal folk have to go to. I really am considering going down there to check it out one time.

.400 in '94

by SDPads_1 on Sep 2, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions

We've never been

a few weeks ago I tried to get breakfast at a few different places in the Gaslamp and every place was running in slow motion, so I ended up getting lunch instead.

by jbox on Sep 2, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions

I saw a few people voted yes in the poll

For me, that’s too early – to get up and to eat food.

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by Axion on Sep 2, 2009 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions

How

Un-San Diegan of you….breakfast hater

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by SDPads_1 on Sep 2, 2009 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions

I do it Jack in the Box style

Breakfast anytime

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by Axion on Sep 2, 2009 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions

If you sit first base side

The sun is in your eyes until it goes down right about 7 o clock. So now instead of going down at game time, it’s going to be in your eyes during the game. So that kind of sucks.

"Real baseball should be played in the daytime, in the sunshine." - Lou Gehrig

by C8LIN B on Sep 2, 2009 4:00 PM PDT reply actions

im a fan that lives in tennessee and i get off work at 8pm. i stay up til 1am most every night watching, so this will be a great change.

by shawman35 on Sep 2, 2009 4:35 PM PDT reply actions

I'm with you on that one.

I live in Indiana, and when the Padres are playing well enough that I can’t stop listening to the games, it affects my work. I was awesome at work from May through July.

"And now for something completely different"

by Boilermaker19 on Sep 3, 2009 5:16 AM PDT up reply actions

Just to point out some stuff I heard on the radio

Since the Saturday start times are good for kids, that may be the day for the kids giveaways next year. That’s the way they roll in the OC so maybe Garf is taking a page out of the Artie Mo playbook.

I does make it harder to go out to eat before the games on Saturdays. I typically hit the gaslamp for chow time before the game, but Saturdays are less ideal for this due to the lack of happy hour. So I don’t see it as a big loss. Plus, you can also eat a late lunch and hit 5th for a late supper before you get your drink on.

It also makes Saturday games easier for travelers. I know I’ve hit up a few Halos games on Saturdays and the 6:05 start time gets me home at a decent hour after the drive back. If some one wanted to trek from El Centro or Temecula or even Oceanside these times could help (not to mention Mexico with its border crossings, because I know the Fink is all about that).

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by Wonko on Sep 2, 2009 10:45 PM PDT reply actions

Home plate in the shade

Tony Gwynn Jr. Father stated that the ball going from light to the shade is not a problem, its the opposite when the pitcher is in the shade and it then goes into light.

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by Ron Mexico on Sep 3, 2009 12:32 PM PDT reply actions