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This used to be the major league rule as well. A little background to how it changed. August 1978 Yankees at Baltimore. Yankees are in the midst of their comeback on the Red Sox. I don't remember the inning or score, but Yankees score several runs in the top of the inning to go ahead. Skies open up, torrential summer thunderstorm as often happens in Baltimore in August. Rains for a while but eventually stops. Grounds crew taking the tarp off the field "accidentally" dumps a huge amount of water in left field making the field totally unplayable. Umps call game and score reverts to last complete inning and Orioles win. As we remember, Yankees and Red Sox tie for title with Yankees winning playoff. That game in Baltimore could have cost Yanks the pennant. The rule was changed to the current rule of a suspended game in that situation the following winter.
Chris Wright
Brooklyn, NY
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