Baseball v. Religion

This isn't as infuriating as it is weird:

The New York Yankees’ home game against the Boston Red Sox on Sept. 27 will revert to its original start time to avoid a conflict with the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur.

Originally scheduled for a 1 p.m. start, the game was moved to 8 p.m. New York time at the request of Walt Disney Co.’s ESPN network. Because that is after sundown on Yom Kippur, observant Jews who purchased tickets won’t attend the game or watch it on television.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601079&sid=aqq9k2G0aLqg

Boohoo, you wouldn't get to see the Yankees game because of a holiday you impose on yourself.

If you were religious enough to be observing Yom Kippur, why would you have purchased tickets for that day? Also, if the importance of the Yankee-Red Sox game is equal to the importance of the Day of Atonement, then what does that say about the current state of faith? Yom Kippur is not a social gathering; it is a serious religious holiday. You can't be strictly religious and a die hard Yankees fan at the same time... although they are both forms of faith in one way or another.

And what if it goes into extra innings? Well, as the Old Testament (I think in Leviticus) says: "If it should be the ninth of the innings, and yea thou shalt see scores of equal value, thou willest take thine brew of barley and hops and quit the stadium forthwith." Do those who are observant see how strange this is? I don't care if they do it, I just want them to see how weird it really is.

If it were the Mets game we were discussing, I could at least understand if you would want to pray fiercely afterward, for those are great sins we see committed on the field.