Remember when I was mad at the night games during the playoffs? (See Mad At MLB). Well I just read an article about day games in the baseball playoffs, and baseball Commish Bud Selig had this to say:

Selig said playing day games on weekends is not an alternative.

“We had some afternoon games during the league championship and division series. The ratings were brutal,” he said. “The ratings get better and better as the night goes on.”

Even if MLB wanted to schedule day games, TV slots would be difficult if not impossible to find during football season.

“The networks have commitments, and they just can’t do it,” he said. “There’s no sense in being anything but blunt about it.”

So he's trying to tell us that ratings for a game in which two East Coast teams played that ends at 1:44 am has good ratings?

Bud. Allan. Buddy. I'll admit that you've had a few good ideas - the wild card, for example. Interleague play ... maybe. But this night game crap has to stop, or there won't be a next generation of baseball fans to give TV ratings. Seriously.