Saturday, October 25, 2008

Baseball in the rain

Let's face it... baseball doesn't lend itself to bad weather.  It doesn't take a whole lot of moisture before the whole game is ruined.  

Tampa put it in a dome.  That comes with Astroturf and house rules for what happens when a ball hits the roof (sometimes it is in play?!?).  That is undesirable.  

During the season, you can have double-headers and makeup games to deal with inclemate weather, but that doesn't sit well during the playoffs.  

How about this...  hold the World Series at a neutral, good weather site.  Football does it with the superbowl already.  It is more fair to the teams (there is no longer home-park advantages, such as designs for hitting/pitching or tricky lights to find the ball, home fans, etc.).  It is more fair to the fans, who are less likely to have to rearrange their whole week because it is (surprise) raining in Philadelphia/Boston/New York around Halloween.


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