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Gary Z said…
It happened once to me..paid for parking, got in the stadium, waited, then called. And of course no parking refund, and just sat around for a long time till they called it. I said all day, based on listening to the weather, they should just call last night’s game know it would be nice today. Why wait when u know the inevitable. IMHO
October 18, 2022 at 9:05 AM
Bryan Nazario said…
It happened to me at least once, but there was no huge financial loss to tick me off.

I am not a meteorologist, but the future radar was looking bad for most of the day. They could have called the game before 2 or 3 as far as I’m concerned because the best they could have hoped for was a 9:30 start by the time everything was ready. They were more concerned about sticking to the “schedule”.

There were too many built-in off days during the series to reduce the number of games on the same day. Unfortunately, the TV money is in control.

No lasting dent on MLB’s image - They’ve been doing this in one way or another for decades. Baseball survives despite their efforts to kill it for money and dumb rule changes.
October 18, 2022 at 9:17 AM
david sloves said…
They never should have tried. Call it mid afternoon and let the players sleep
October 18, 2022 at 11:58 AM
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