So, what about today? Well, if you’re reading this, you probably have a specific date in mind, and I bet the answer is “it depends.” Is it a weekday? Expect something like 6:00 PM, because college baseball loves to pretend we all finish work at exactly 5:01. It’s like they think we’re all robots who can teleport from our desks to the box seats in under sixty seconds.
Weekend games are even more fun. They might start at 1:00 PM, or maybe 4:00 PM, or possibly even 7:00 PM if a TV network decides to throw a wrench in the works. It’s like trying to plan a picnic when the weather forecast is written by a committee of confused squirrels. You just have to roll with it.
My personal favorite is when the game time gets announced two hours before the first pitch. That’s when you really feel alive, scrambling to find your lucky hat and hoping the grill is still hot. It’s a thrill that rivals finding a twenty-dollar bill in your winter coat.
The Real Struggle: "I'll Be Home by 9"
You know the classic lie we tell ourselves? “Oh, it’s a 6:00 PM start, so I’ll definitely be home by 9.” Yeah, right. That’s the same logic that says “I’ll just have one more piece of gumbo.” If it’s a close game, you’re not leaving until the last out, which could be somewhere around 11:47 PM. Your spouse or roommate will text you a single question mark, and you’ll reply with a blurry photo of the scoreboard.
And then there’s the eternal question: do you eat before the game, during the game, or after the game? If you eat before, you’re bloated. If you eat during, you miss a home run. If you eat after, you’re hangry and the concession stand is closed. It’s a no-win situation, like choosing between a paper cut and a stubbed toe.
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The other day, my buddy Mark insisted the game started at 6:00. He was there at 5:45, smug as a cat with a full bowl of milk. Turned out it was a 7:30 start. He sat there for two hours, alone, just staring at an empty field. We still give him grief about it.
