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Baseball Delays NASCAR Race
Posted:0535hrs

CSD Staff

AVONDALE, Ariz. -- A rain delay on the other side of the country pushed back the start of Saturday night’s race in Phoenix.

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The move was asked for by FOX to accommodate the rain-delayed Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, which FOX also televised.

In the top of the ninth inning, FOX switched the game to the FX network then caught the start of the Phoenix race.

--(Cont'd From Front Page)-- FOX spokesman Dan Bell said because of contracts the network had to show the entire NASCAR race. He said that FOX apologized for the switch, but added it had warned viewers of the Yanks-Red Sox game several times of the upcoming move.

Bell said FOX's MLB contract only calls for a required 4-7 p.m. Eastern time slot.

"We had two great events we thought we would be able to air in their entirety," Bell said. "It's not the way we planned this out. We apologize to viewers."

Bell said FOX did all it could, even asking NASCAR to push the start of the race back from 8:45 p.m. to 8:53 p.m. - which it agreed to - thinking the game would be over by then.

But the two-hour, 10-minute rain delay meant the game - which, according to Bell, was being shown to 97% of the country - didn't resume until 8:30 p.m., and couldn't finish before the start of the race.

"We understand if viewers are upset," Bell said.

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