Being a sports fan on the Left Coast

[Gosfgiants]

Living in the Pacific Time Zone means:

- That all World Series games start at 5:30. You will not see the first inning, but the game ends at 9.

- Monday Night Football starts at 6. You can watch the whole game and then not be late for work the next day.

- The Super Bowl starts at 3 p.m.

- Those day games in the east start at 10:05. The coffee's barely kicked in and they're playing baseball somewhere. Thank whatever higher power there is for Game Tracker.

[Skip]

Originally posted by Gosfgiants
Living in the Pacific Time Zone means:

- That all World Series games start at 5:30. You will not see the first inning, but the game ends at 9.

- Monday Night Football starts at 6. You can watch the whole game and then not be late for work the next day.

- The Super Bowl starts at 3 p.m.

- Those day games in the east start at 10:05. The coffee's barely kicked in and they're playing baseball somewhere.
In order:
Bad, Who Cares, Bad, Good. :) The thought of baseball at 10 a.m. is strangely compelling. :confuse2:

[Slippery Pedro]

As someone on the East Coast, I have to admit, when the team I root for makes the Cali-swing, 90% of the time, they might as well be playing in Japan - - I'm only going to get to see a few innings of the games.

I hate that, having to wait until AM to find out if your team won or lost, feeling.

I would take missing the first couple of innings as I drive home (hell, it happens now!) and a Sunday 10 AM game in place of that in a minute!

I think the Left Coasters get the better end of the deal.

[Craig S.]

When I visit the West Coast, I'm jealous that everything ends so early out there. It seems strange getting back to a hotel room at 5, turning on ESPN, and seeing a game already in the third inning.

Sure, baseball in the mornings is different, but not in a bad way. And there's nothing worse than having to stay up past 1 a.m. just to watch a compelling matchup that happens to be played out west. I'd take the early-in-the-day matchups over the late nights anytime.

[WiredTiger]

I woulod think it would be pretty cool. You get a lot more hours of baseball when you are awake than us midwest guys!

[SmedIndy]

I envy the Westies....you can watch Monday Night Football and still get to bed on time. Plus west coast baseball, etc.

[spitball]

I dig the fact that baseball is on in the A.M. For that matter NFL games start at 10 am also.
It's a morning ritual for the wife and I . We get coffee and click on a game.( After Sesame Street of course)
I'm usually the 1st one up so I catch a little Sports Center at around 6 am or 7 and start the day off full of sports knowledge.

[KCBOOMER]

This is the first time I have ever heard of anyone bragging about the West Coast time zone from a sports perspective. Those of us who live in the Central time zone have always felt we were the ones blessed with the best set of starting and ending times.

[Skip]

Boomer - I'd settle for Central time too. That'd be just fine. Even bring the games/shows/news/etc. forward one hour would be good. From here, if I go about an hour north, south, or west I'm in Central time anyway. Not sure I really need a 5am sunrise though. :)

[SmedIndy]

Maybe Mountain time. Central is still a bit late for those of us with wee ones. Since Indiana is the Land Time Forgot, we're on central now. (Eastern Standard, technically).

Damn legislature....

[Skip]

You guys are screwy, Smed. I get tired of the big feature about time zones, Indiana, and legislation that our newspaper feels compelled to run annually.

[qtlaw]

The best is Hawaii time. NFL games at 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. then you get the rest of the day. The west coast is only good for watching our own teams. MNF is at 6:00 p.m. but I do not get home until 7:30. When I go to the East Coast to visit the in-laws each summer I like their times because everything is closer to night time which frees up the day time.

[spitball]

There's nothing better than chillin in the yard with a cup of joe , maybe doing a little gardening while blasting a ball game. ;)

[gyb13]

Originally posted by spitball
I dig the fact that baseball is on in the A.M.
It's on the AM here too.....1 AM, 2 AM.....
the worst will be the world cup next month though...start times for games range from 1:30 AM to 7:30 AM.

[moose]

Originally posted by gyb13

It's on the AM here too.....1 AM, 2 AM.....
the worst will be the world cup next month though...start times for games range from 1:30 AM to 7:30 AM.
let me save you the time - USA will win it all, baby!!!!!
(waiting for raucous laughter)

[Skip]

Originally posted by moose
let me save you the time - USA will win it all, baby!!!!!
(waiting for raucous laughter) HAHAHAHAHAHA
:loud: :loud: :loud:

... You got it.

[say hey student]

the worst is being a westie who's moved. Then, not only are your team's games late as heck, but yu still don't find out who won until the next morning.

PLus, maybe this is just me, but SF is such an eclectic city in terms of transplants that the sports bars are always showing 7 or 8 different games for fans who live in SF but hail from elsewhere. The best example is sunday morning, when there are 6 games going on at Pat O'Shea's Mad Hatter. Whenever I frequent a bar here in st. louis its either a cards, blues, or rams game on. They have nothing else on. What does a guy have to do to watch a niners game?

[Skip]

Obviously, wait until they play the Rams.