Comments on: The rain-free rain postponement http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/10/the-rain-free-rain-postponement/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Sat, 25 May 2013 11:00:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: frankvzappa http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/10/the-rain-free-rain-postponement/comment-page-1/#comment-208505 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:01:58 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=91687#comment-208505 Agreed. Highly revered in jazz circles as well. The tracks he made for FZ Meets the Mother of Prevention album that turned those hearings into mind-blowing music is among his most innovative and psychedelic work. Too bad you need a high IQ to appreciate his music, which disqualifies most of the earth’s population.

]]> By: Richard In Big D http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/10/the-rain-free-rain-postponement/comment-page-1/#comment-208398 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:45:15 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=91687#comment-208398 Except Verlander (or his team) won’t be playing come World Series time.

]]> By: dailyrev http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/10/the-rain-free-rain-postponement/comment-page-1/#comment-208364 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:15:07 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=91687#comment-208364 Nice handle there, FZ. One of the great musicians of our era who really never received the appreciation he was due. Curiously, he was deeply admired in the classical ranks, among conductors, composers, and performers. And his appearance before Congress ranks right up there with Casey Stengel’s more famous spume upon that august corpse…I mean, body.

]]> By: dailyrev http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/10/the-rain-free-rain-postponement/comment-page-1/#comment-208351 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:07:36 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=91687#comment-208351 Congress, weather forecasting, punditry of any stripe. There are lots of professions where you can be so often wrong and still thrive. Then again, remember the ancient baseball adage which I still hear half a dozen or so times a season on TV: you can fail 70% of the time and be a superstar at your profession…

]]> By: jimbo1949 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/10/the-rain-free-rain-postponement/comment-page-1/#comment-208299 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:59:46 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=91687#comment-208299 Bad track record by the Nats. This was after the May 17 debacle when they called the 2pm Pirate game at 9am when high humidity threatened.

]]> By: lukeslice http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/10/the-rain-free-rain-postponement/comment-page-1/#comment-208288 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:49:46 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=91687#comment-208288 Rain…doesn’t mess…with Texas.

]]> By: frankvzappa http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/10/the-rain-free-rain-postponement/comment-page-1/#comment-208276 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:33:00 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=91687#comment-208276 I believe it is all a conspiracy by Bud Selig to get extra time off so that maybe Leyland could be persuaded to bring Verlander back sooner, thereby increasing the chances that MLB can market the best pitcher in the game for the World Series.

]]> By: Craig Calcaterra http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/10/the-rain-free-rain-postponement/comment-page-1/#comment-208244 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:49:44 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=91687#comment-208244 So when someone tells me that it didn’t rain, I’m supposed to be dubious?

]]> By: dohpey28 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/10/the-rain-free-rain-postponement/comment-page-1/#comment-208239 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:47:31 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=91687#comment-208239 One other note, we are now getting stories from a guy near Wrigley field and another guy who lives in the Arlington area. Are either worthy of story posts? I mean c’mon, Florio wouldn’t even do that.

]]> By: dohpey28 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/10/the-rain-free-rain-postponement/comment-page-1/#comment-208238 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:46:59 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=91687#comment-208238 One other note, we are now getting stories from a guy near Wrigley field and another guy who lives near the area. Are either worthy of story posts? I mean c’mon, Florio wouldn’t even do that.

]]> By: sdelmonte http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/10/the-rain-free-rain-postponement/comment-page-1/#comment-208212 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:25:30 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=91687#comment-208212 This seems a bit unfair to fans who could attend last night but not today. Though many have off today. And though I suppose if I had playoff tickets, I would try to find a way to be there. But not everyone can take off from work at the drop of a hat.

I wonder if this was also somehow pushed by Fox, which seems to not want any games in prime time in the ALCS. They probably got better ratings with animation reruns opposite the SNF game than they would with the baseball. (Question: what if the NLCS game was at night? Would the Brewers have retained any audience against a Packers game?)

]]> By: deep64blue http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/10/the-rain-free-rain-postponement/comment-page-1/#comment-208185 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:37:44 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=91687#comment-208185 The issue I have with this is they wouldn’t let the Nationals call a game early this year – they let the fans travel then called it ……

]]> By: dohpey28 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/10/the-rain-free-rain-postponement/comment-page-1/#comment-208184 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:35:31 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=91687#comment-208184 Yeah it rained all Saturday night and most of Sunday. The field wouldn’t have been in any condition to play when the rain let up last night.

]]> By: JBerardi http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/10/the-rain-free-rain-postponement/comment-page-1/#comment-208182 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:45:39 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=91687#comment-208182 I feel like this problem could have been avoided if only this game somehow decided who gets home field advantage in the World Series.

]]> By: ditto65 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/10/the-rain-free-rain-postponement/comment-page-1/#comment-208179 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:33:34 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=91687#comment-208179 Sadly this will give credence to MLB’s decision to start teh Yankees/Tigers game.

]]> By: aaronzona2011 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/10/the-rain-free-rain-postponement/comment-page-1/#comment-208178 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:32:44 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=91687#comment-208178 And if they played the game last night it would have poured in the 2nd inning, then joe torre would come out and say that the rain came out of nowhere.

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