Growing up as a die hard Mets fan as a kid, one of the most lasting memories I have of the Mets and of Shea Stadium during the 90s was a promotion day the Mets used to do every once and a while called the Dyna-Mets Dash. This was the day when the kids would get to go down to the field after the game and run around the bases. This was a great event for kids, and one many children would look forward too. I can remember my dad specifically buying tickets to these games so my brother and I could run the bases after the game.

Todays game, originally scheduled originally scheduled for 1:10 PM was supposed to be followed by the Mr. Met Dash (the modern day version of the Dyna-Mets Dash).

However, because ESPN, "The Worldwide Leader in Sports" decided they wanted to broadcast tonight's Mets-Dodgers game nationally, they forced the game time to be changed to 8:05 PM so that they can have a prime time slot.

This, to the disappointment of children everywhere, forces the cancellation of the Mr. Met Dash. In fact this isn't even the first time ESPN has done this.

This is just another example of the Mets and ESPN screwing over the fans once again. The Mr. Met Dash aside, thousands of people bought tickets to today's game probably planning to go with their family to a Sunday afternoon game at Shea. Now because big bad ESPN came along at the last minute and decided they wanted to get good ratings for the "Sunday Night Game of the Week" thousands of kids who have school the next morning and thousands of adults who have work the next morning can't go to the game they bought tickets to.

It's bad enough the Mets are robbing kids of the Mr. Met Dash, but now most of them can't even go to the game because of the 8 O'Clock Start. Nice job ESPN.

What happened to "Baseball is for kids"?