Obama Ad to Delay World Series Game

If there is a Game 6, MLB agrees to push start back 18 minutes so Fox can air spot
By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff
Posted Oct 16, 2008 1:33 PM CDT
Obama Ad to Delay World Series Game
The Tampa Bay Rays could clinch their first-ever World Series berth by eliminating the defending champion Red Sox in Boston tonight.   (AP Photo)

The GOP is crying foul after Fox announced it would delay a possible World Series Game 6 to air a 30-minute Barack Obama spot, CNN reports. Obama has bought airtime from Fox, CBS, and NBC for Oct. 29. “Not only is Obama putting politics before principle, he’s putting it before our national pastime,” a spokesman said. First pitch would be delayed from 8:20 pm to 8:38. (More Barack Obama stories.)

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