For most of last night’s game, the conditions looked more like a football game than a World Series game. It is late October in Philly and the wild weather, including today’s snow and rain mix, is the latest curse besides William Penn; the curse of Mother Nature. The constant rain in the 6th inning caused the first suspended World Series game in history and leaves Phils fans’ on hold to celebrate or agonize.
With my meteorologist hat on I can tell you that they should not have played that game last night. Throughout the day the forecast predicted light rain throughout the night with steadier, heavier rain from 10pm to 11pm. But they played in the slop, causing J-Roll to miss a crucial can-of-corn, eventually tying the game.
Now the game will start in the bottom of the 6th inning with the Phillies up, but without the ace who got them to this point. The Rays seemingly have the momentum, but then again we said that going into the series and look where that’s got them.
As I am writing this, I see ESPN is reporting that will not try to resume the game tonight but will start it on Wednesday October 29th at 8:37. It was snowing on my way to school today so I’m not surprised.
