October 28, 2008
No Baseball Tonight
MLB postponed the resumption of Game 5 scheduled for 8:00 PM EDT tonight. They have not set a date for continuing the series.
One suggestion in the comments to this post makes a bit of sense:
Someone at work suggested (jokingly) that they treat this the same way they would if it happened during the regular season - play the remaining games as scheduled and complete the game if necessary afterwords. So don't try to play tonight, play Games 6 & 7 (if necessary) in Tampa Wednesday and Thursday. If the Rays win both games, complete Game 5 Saturday night back in Philly. (This would also allow the Phillies to have Hamels continue pitching.)
I suppose, too, they could do what often happens in the regular season, complete the game in Tampa Bay before the start of game six. That would totally unfair to Philadelphia, however.
They suspended the World Series due to an earthquake in 1989, they can wait a couple of days if needed to play the last three innings of this game.
Update: Phillies Nation reports the remainder of the game is scheduled for 8:37 PM EDT on Wednesday, Oct. 29.
That has to be even more fan unfriendly to the Phillies than anything I've heard. Why rob them of the chance to have their team clinch at home and just hand the momentum over to the other side? That is so stupid it had to come from Bud Selig.
The only thing that makes sense and is fair to both clubs is to finish game 5 in Philadelphia when the weather is playable and then if necessary head to Tampa for possible games 6 and/or 7. Anything else is just plain stupid.
Which is what baseball is going to do, according to mlb.com. The game five resumption is scheduled at 8:37 PM Wednesday in Philly. Bud Selig made the announcement, for all you Selig fans out there:
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081028&content_id=3650918&vkey=ps2008news&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
This may sound crazy, but I'm really looking forward to the resumption. All sorts of strategy...the pitchers, playing for one run immediately (maybe), lineup switches. It should be a lot more interesting than the usual first three innings of a game.
Michael, as an Astros fan as well, I had the same idea last night. Either that or move it to either Pittsburgh, Toronto, or Milwaukee.
Hopefully, retractable roofs will become cost efficient enough soon that all new stadiums will be required to have one, whether they use them regularly or not.
In 1962 WS several consecutive rainouts took place in SF where Giants didn't have one rainout in regular season. Deal with it.
I'm done with baseball! I left the game in 1994 and slowly got back on board in 1999 and over the years had forgotten how little the game cares for its fans. I go to spring training every year. I go to 50+ games a year and I'm tired of being taken for granted. Baseball doesnt care about the fans. they dont care if they get calls right... they dont care about quality of play they just care about the $$$$. I will never spend another penny on this game... I should save a lot of cash considering a 16 oz beer costs $8... Good by baseball and good riddance!!!