Annual tweet. We are looking at a pretty sparse crowd with 8 minutes prior to first pitch.
Annual Tweet. CWS games begin at 1:00 and 6:00, which is great. BUT, game 1 usually ends around 4:15-4:30, leaving stadium staff 90 minutes to get everyone out of the stadium, clean up, do whatever they have to do, and re-open gates. As a result, we have sparse crowds for first pitch. Fans don't get to see warm ups, the crowd looks weak for a primetime slot, and most importantly, fans who paid an arm and a leg for tickets miss a decent amount of baseball because of the lengthy process. Annually, I suggest starting games at either 12 and 6, or 1 and 7, but no one listens.