Reason for night games plain as day: With revenues as a guiding light, prime-time World Series games have come a long way since '71. From: Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) | Date: October 22, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 The Baltimore Sun. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Roch Kubatko

Oct. 22--Baseball To Bruce Kison, the importance of the moment was the event itself, not the shade of the sky. It lay in the stakes, not the stars. A reliever for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Kison appeared in Game 4 of the 1971 World Series against the Orioles, becoming part of a historical night at Three Rivers Stadium, but only because he was pitching at night. Kison had no idea of its magnitude. Nor did he care. "The big deal was the f...

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