When I was growing up in Seattle, where it rains every single day between the months of October and April, we constantly played through wet and rainy conditions. Pitchers learned how to use the rain for their slurve balls and fast base runners perfected the splash-slide, where you slide directly into a puddle and splash the muddy water into the fielder or catcher's face.
So obviously I was disappointed to see that Major League Baseball aka Bud Selig suspended World Series game five after the top of the sixth inning. His prayers were answered when the Rays tied the game in the top of the sixth, thus enabling him to call the game off with a tied score.
But if they were going to suspend the game, then why did they ever start it? They knew it was going to be pouring down rain (every forecast in the world said that a rain storm was hitting the entire east coast), yet they played anyways. Basically the league screwed the Phillies over because now they can't use Hamels again and the entire world series is coming down to three-and-a-half innings of bullpen pitching.
Hi, I'm an idiot.
Hamels has lost his quest to become the first pitcher to ever win five games in a post season and the Rays have new life, although they're facing a Philadelphia bullpen that has been a killer in the playoffs.
I'm hoping the Rays take advantage of this situation but I have a feeling that the Phillies will close out whenever they resume this game. The forecast for tonight in Philly is more showers, so I doubt they'll try to start the game -- or maybe they will. Bud has always proved to baffle us baseball fans with his questionable decisions.
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