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#4 -- Rays UNDER (but oddly enough, No Game Today! on a Saturday in August, no game... wth?)
Cardinals-Rays game booted in deference to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers preseason game against the Buffalo Bills
MLB is one of the world's most popular sports leagues. From Japan to the Dominican Republic to Cuba, baseball is one of the most-watched sports in the world. Nevertheless, America's pastime still plays second fiddle to football.
The National Football League's preseason games started two weeks ago in early August. These exhibition games are similar to MLB's spring training: They allow players to get ready for the regular season.
While preseason NFL games are often sparsely attended, they can still draw fan totals in the ten-to-twenty-thousand range
while some games can reach even higher heights. TV viewership is also strong amongst football loyalists.
The weekend of August 23rd is the final week of preseason games for the NFL, so it's expected to have high attendance and viewership rates.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who play just one mile from the Tampa Bay Rays' temporary location of George M. Steinbrenner Field, have a preseason game scheduled to kick off at 6:30 P.M. local time. This interfered with the Cardinals-Rays game.
The Cardinals and Rays originally had first pitch scheduled for 7:05 P.M. local time, but that game was moved to this past Thursday at 7:35 P.M.
This game was moved to avoid a conflict with the Bucs' preseason game against the Bills just across the street.
