You’re probably thinking, “I’ve read about this here before.”
And you’re right — you have. Here. And here. And here.
I’m bringing this topic up again because the city of Chicago this week granted the Cubs permission to move Friday’s game time from 1:20 p.m. to 7:05 p.m. after the Cubs were forced to make a one-day road trip to Washington Thursday to make up last Sunday’s rainout.
The ordinance governing night baseball at Wrigley Field does not allow night games on Fridays (except for postseason games). It permits Saturday and Sunday nights during the regular season if national networks (Fox or ESPN) request them, and generally, four or five such games are played per season.