I've been watching the games at Detroit and St. Louis, and I've been looking at the fans braving the rain, snow, and ... bonehead errors by the Tiger pitchers. Then I hear radio discussions of how they should put the World Series in some neutral (read, warmer-than-the-Midwest) spot like they do with the Super Bowl. The people leading the discussion seemed to think that baseball fans could just make the Sun Belt venue a "vacation destination" and go fly off there, again like NFL fans do for the Super Bowl.
Somehow I don't picture most of the people with the balloons on their heads as jet-setters. Plus, you know how long the Super Bowl lasts: one Sunday. It's harder to plan a vacation around an event that can last from four to seven games, any of which is subject to weather problems even in sunny Florida or California.
The World Series doesn't get Super Bowl TV ratings -- what does? But it needs to be played where the people who have cheered their guys on all year can get their hands on World Series tickets.
Friday, October 27, 2006
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