Starting times for first 4 days of MLB 2011 playoffs

9/29/11, NY Times Bats Blog: "Here are the starting times for the first four days of games. All times are Eastern. All games will be broadcast on TBS, except one game as shown on TNT.

• Friday:

• Tampa Bay at Texas, 5 p.m.
• Detroit at New York Yankees, 8 :30 p.m.

• Saturday:

• Arizona at Milwaukee, 2 p.m.
• St. Louis at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.
• Tampa Bay at Texas, 7 p.m. (broadcast on TNT)
• Detroit at Yankees, 8:30 p.m.

• Sunday:

• Arizona at Milwaukee, 4:30 p.m.
• St. Louis at Philadelphia, 8 p.m.

• Monday:

• Texas at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.
• Yankees at Detroit, 8:30 p.m."

Commenters about times on NY Times Bats Blog:

• 1. "Those 8:30 P.M. starting times are killers, especially for kids. And, who wants to stay up past midnight for a game?"

• 2. "I wish they would flip them, 2pm west coast is not very watchable for the Rays Rangers games."

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