Red Sox to start certain home night games at 6:45pm in 2025
- Thread starter DeadlySplitter
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They always asked me about that on the season ticket holder surveys. I answered that I would have been in favor of it before the pitch clock, but now it's really not a big deal. A regular 7:05 start tends to wrap up around 9:30.
Also when school is in session and parents don't want their kids to stay up as late.
Selfishly I'd prefer 7:30 starts just so I can see more of the game. Our 10 year old goes to bed at 8:30 so it's hard for me to catch any of the game before she heads off to bed. That said, I think it's the right move.
I remember night games regularly started at 7:35 when I was growing up in the 80s and early 90s. At some point they made the switch to 7:05, as did most of the league. I'm convinced it was a move predicated by TV because when the games were at 7:35, it was a time when not all of them were televised. Once every game was on TV, they set the time to best suit ratings.
As someone that lives on the South Shore, I welcome this. Coupled with the pace of play improvements it will be great to be home before 11.
