Going Off The Grid: Execs Talk MLB Postseason Start Times

"Going Off The Grid" is a weekly survey of sports execs and personalities offering their thoughts on a handful of pressing (and trivial) issues in sports and pop culture. This week, our panelists dish on MLB Postseason start times and head to the wrestling ring for an all-time debate: Hogan or Flair.

• ESPN.com NBA writer Baxter Holmes
  -- His Wet Bandits Halloween getup (from "Home Alone") got "meh" reviews one year.
• Riot Games Head of LoL Esports Partnerships Naz Aletaha
  -- Lives on "Game of Thrones," Netflix and League of Legends.
• Notre Dame Senior Associate AD/Media & Brand Rob Kelly
  -- Trying to understand his teenage son and his friends' pop culture interests.
• T'Wolves/WNBA Lynx VP/Social Responsibility Jennifer Ridgeway
  -- Thinks Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper rocked "A Star is Born."

Going Off The Grid
	Should MLB start playoff games earlier?	If I wasn't in sports, I'd be...	Sports venue that underwhelmed you	Hulk Hogan or Ric Flair?	Most $ you've made playing the lottery?
Holmes	For the sake of newspaper writers on deadline, please	A homicide detective. I read lengthy crime stories almost daily	MSG several years ago. Maybe it felt sleepy because the Knicks were awful	Flair. The Nature Boy's impact beyond wrestling is unrivaled	Not 1 cent, though I hoped for $1.6B
Aletaha	I'm a West Coaster, so selfishly, no!	In corporate America, pining to work in sports	None so far. Fans bring the venue to life	Hogan	A whopping $5 on a scratch off
Kelly	*Shrug emoji*	A fan on gameday	The Roman Colosseum. They really let that place go	Flair as performed by former Colts S Sergio Brown	The Mega Millions winner in SC will be disappointed to get $10 less after I claim my winnings
Ridgeway	Yes, games are long enough as it is	Working for "Doctors Without Borders"	Lambeau Field	Neither, Gov. Jesse Ventura	$50 pull tabs in dive bar

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