re: Why can’t a game be played on Sunday?

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that plus having an extra day mixed in there gives your bullpen more rest.
guy throws on thursday may not typically throw again before saturday but can possibly get you some outs by Sunday.

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How does that give teams who play Thursday-Saturday any advantage over teams who play Friday-Sunday? The only teams affected by that are the ones playing the Thurs-Sat series, and it affects both teams equally. Just like playing a double-header due to weather affects both teams equally.

And I don’t think having an extra opportunity to finish a scheduled game should be considered an “advantage” for the teams who start on Thursday. The expectation is that everyone plays 30 games.

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Thurs-Sat doesn’t provide an advantage.
Thurs-Sun does, so the SEC doesn’t allow it.

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You still haven’t told me how teams who play 3 games from Thursday-Sunday (to prevent a cancelled game) have any advantage over teams who play 3 games from Friday-Sunday.

I would argue that whatever abstract advantage you can think of is outweighed by the need to finish the full series whenever possible. Especially considering that playing less than 30 games is rare - there have only been 3 SEC series that weren’t completed over the past 4 seasons.

There’s also the argument that playing Thursday-Saturday actually makes it harder to complete the series, since home teams are less likely to want to play a double-header or move a game early on a weekday.

They have classes on Monday.