20 minute power outage during Arizona Diamondbacks game v SF Giants

Diamondbacks Chase Field in Phoenix goes dark in the 7th inning for 20 minutes, 9/24/11. If evil Americans weren't so selfish insisting on playing baseball in the dark this wouldn't happen. Of course, MLB teams would go out of business playing only day games-

• but that would be kinder to the planet. Bud Selig is on board:

4/22/08, "People in high and visible places - from Robert Redford to Bud Selig - have come to understand that America's games can spur change among corporate partners and

• even among the eco-ignorant masses.

"We're not going to get rid of night games," said Dr. Allen Hershkowitz, senior scientist at the National Resources Defense Council. "We're not going to change how the business works. This is going to take a long time. But getting baseball to embrace ecology allows us to take all politics out of the discussion of climate change, and it allows us to reach out to nontraditional allies." "...

• 4/22/08, "Shea, Meadowlands among facilities helping spread green message," NY Daily News, Filip Bondy

Robert Redford ran a blaring global warming video at Yankee Stadium during the 2009 playoffs telling fans to lower their standard of living to save the planet:

• 10/19/09, "Last night I was at Yankee Stadium watching the Yanks exciting extra-inning playoff win. Along with 50,000 other shivering fans we had to endure a scoreboard message from Robert Redford sponsored by the National Resources Defense Council demanding that we lower our standard of living to stop global warming. The volume was turned on so loud that Redford's voice could be heard above the howling wind and freezing rain of a mid- October evening in New York City. "...

10/19/09, "'Global Warming' at Yankee Stadium," Powerline blog

• During power outage at Arizona Diamondbacks game, visiting team Mgr. Bruce Bochy talks with umpire Ron Darling. 9/24/11, both photos getty. final score 15-2 D'backs

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