Originally Posted by
CrazyNotCrazie
I know that we are not the only ones who deal with this but the change (driven by TV) to not announcing game times until a few weeks before does not help. It is helpful to have a sense of when a game is going to be so as to lock in the schedule - if you know in August that the game in early November is at 3:30 and you would consider going, you would be sure not to schedule Johnny's birthday party at that time. But since you aren't sure, you just have to pick a time and hope for the best.
As someone who would consider flying down from NY for games, this is also an issue. I prefer to book flights at least a few weeks ahead of time. If I know it is a late game on Saturday, I can fly down Saturday morning. But if it is a noon game, that isn't an easy option, and leaving Friday night isn't always an option. So I just don't bother, but if I knew well ahead of time that the game was early on Saturday, I might make more of an effort to adjust my life and fly down Friday night. I think the same applies for people driving in from DC, Atlanta, and other points in between.