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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

Do you want to get your thoughts in the Grid? If so, shoot an e-mail to jcarpenter@sportsbusinessdaily.com.

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