Maybe so, but how does this affect you?

Rob Biertempfel of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, reports that MLB's tentative 2011 schedule has the season starting April 1, a few days sooner than in recent years, so the World Series doesn't spill over into November. The plan likely would trim a few days from spring training.

"It's a good thing," Pirates manager John Russell said. "Keeping baseball in October is good. The weather gets a little iffy when you start getting into November."

And this concerns the Pirates how?