MLB could have overridden any desire of either team and forced different logistics for the games and did not.
ATLANTA – For reasons of business, logistics and perhaps gamesmanship, the Braves did not want to shift start times, days or locations for their series against the Mets
– The Mets and Braves are playing 18 innings Monday in Atlanta and one might have to fly to Los Angeles,to begin the playoffs the next day to begin a best-of-three that is scheduled over consecutive days. Thus, 18 innings Monday at full throttle, a flight and having exhausted players trying to recalibrate for a playoff series. It also would force at least one higher-seeded team to wait until the night before to know its opponent.
MLB was hoping that a game could be played Wednesday – even with starts and stops – and that, at worst, a single game would be perhaps needed Monday. The Braves start their home games at 7:20 p.m. not earlier, for example, because there is a flow problem to get people in and out of The Battery area after the standard workday and before a game.
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