September 28, 2003
Prime Time
I was a bit surprised to see that the prime time games on Tuesday and Wednesday do not involve the Yankees. Usually, Fox likes to get NY at night, so they can have the biggest audience. But this year, the Cubs at Atlanta will be the evening games for the first two days. This makes sense, since Chicago is as big a market as NY, and since the Cubs haven't been in the playoffs in a few years, there may be more interest. Also, since WGN and TBS are national networks, these two teams have more of a national following than the Yankees.
Red Sox fans will be disappointed to see that the game will be late on Wednesday, but I also know that West Coast fans prefer that so they don't miss an afternoon game while they are at work. Twins-Yankees will be in prime time on Thursday.