This has been baseball's standard operating procedure for 30 years now and it's a yuuge problem. How are kids supposed to watch the World Series when the first pitch happens right around bedtime?
Back when baseball was the National Pastime, teachers would have radios in the classroom, later TVs. Kids could listen to the game while they did classwork. The more devilish teachers would use the game as a carrot to get all the work done before the first pitch.
Baseball was meant to be played outdoors in the sunshine, it's a very important part of the game*. 'Nice day for a ballgame, let's play two!'
This very famous homerun happened after midnight:
*Is this a thing in Futball? Euros opine in the comments.
** Below, the alternate, hometown call:
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