I would imagine the outcry and complaining would have been minimized had this changeover happened in December instead of the height of baseball season.
I'm sure there is a rational explanation why the change had to happen in June. That was my only puzzling question I had.
In the meantime, the new site already has some fun new additions (boxscores are much better, more stats, more info on the roster screens, the entire schedule on one screen, the run differential listed on the standings, etc. etc. etc.).
Good stuff.
Kev