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MLB Slated To End Season Sunday With Near-Simultaneous Start Times

The MLB regular season is scheduled to end Sunday, and all games that day are "set to begin nearly simultaneously" at 3:05 or 3:10pm ET, "an innovation under" Commissioner Rob Manfred. This "could set up the drama of several critical events taking place at the same time," as occurred on the final night of the '11 season. MLB COO Tony Petitti: "The idea originally came from remembering that great night … all those games in progress at the same time, coming down to a great dramatic finish." But with all NL playoff spots set, "there isn't much drama this year" (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 10/2).

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