2006-06-30 09:36:05 · 13 answers · asked by Jeffersb 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
The cerimonial first pitches and the anthem usually start right on the hour. The game starts basically immediately after the anthem.
2006-06-30 09:41:15 · answer #1 · answered by Josiwax 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They take the field on the hour and warm up till 5 or 10 after
2006-06-30 10:38:24 · answer #2 · answered by North Dakota baseball player 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a made for television world even the ball games need to adjust to the tv schedule. How many of you turn the sound off when yuou are watching a game on tv?
2006-07-07 03:03:29 · answer #3 · answered by OldGringo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It all has to do with TV.. it allows the TV announcers to run through the line-up, who's pitching, blahh blahh blahh
kinda like how in basketball has that "TV timeout".
a pitcher can warm up 5-10 mins earlier, but a game cannot start at 6:55pm, have the announcers yap for 5mins, and start at 7pm..
2006-06-30 09:56:29 · answer #4 · answered by Happy.Ending 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the TV broadcast starts on the hour. They leave 5 minutes to do the intro.
2006-06-30 15:20:35 · answer #5 · answered by Wilton P 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right, because of the pregame ceremonies. Also, some teams will start late if there's construction nearby and it's hard for the fans to arrive on time.
2006-06-30 09:51:07 · answer #6 · answered by jasoneheath 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the people who schedule it dont know how to tell time so they draw them out of a hat, coincidentally they all end in 5 or 15
2006-07-07 05:15:27 · answer #7 · answered by Topher 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To allow the players to go to the bathroom.
2006-06-30 09:52:27 · answer #8 · answered by Dusty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's no logical explanation teams just have different start times.
2006-06-30 09:39:52 · answer #9 · answered by dude 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they don't just start on the hour, the players still have to get ready.
2006-07-07 07:03:32 · answer #10 · answered by thomascfischer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋