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An agreement in the works between Major League Baseball and FOX could move the start time of Game 3 of this year's World Series up to 6:55 p.m. ET, according to a report by SI.com.That start time would be the earliest for any World Series game since Game 3 of the 1987 Fall Classic between the Twins and Cardinals, which started at 3:04 p.m. ET.
Game 3 comes on a Saturday this year, typically the weakest night in terms of television viewership. It came on a Saturday last year as well, with a scheduled start time of more than an hour later (7:57 p.m. ET).
The report states that moving Game 3 up is an attempt by commissioner Bud Selig and Major League Baseball to rope in more younger viewers and beat primetime college football viewing options.
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