What is the Point of Playing in the Rain?

[SanDiegoSteve]

You are still the only person I have heard complain about it. Looks like it's you against the world. The 90+ bags of Diamond Dry did the trick just fine and the game was thoroughly enjoyable.

[jimpiano]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

You are still the only person I have heard complain about it. Looks like it's you against the world. The 90+ bags of Diamond Dry did the trick just fine and the game was thoroughly enjoyable.

Sure , for you, who invested nothing.
But not for MLB who gained nothing.

[jicecone]

Originally Posted by jimpiano

Sure , for you, who invested nothing.
But not for MLB who gained nothing.

Five days later and your still carrying on about this,

GET A LIFE

[jimpiano]

Originally Posted by jicecone

Five days later and your still carrying on about this,

GET A LIFE

LOL

[SAump]

The point of playing that baseball game in the rain is to demonstrate that light rain wasn't enough of a reason to call or delay this baseball game. The umpires were not concerned over bad visibility or other safety precautions. The managers were not complaining about the rain rate or field conditions. Most of the fans who watched prefer starting the game on time over delaying the game. The point of playing a baseball game in the rain is to satisfy the millions of baseball fans who may have bothered to watch the game being played in the rain. The players managed to play a very good ballgame in the rain. I would say the right decision was made to play the game in the rain.

[Interested Ump]

Right on most points!

[Arnold A.]

Originally Posted by Interested Ump

Right on most points!

Who is "right", and on what "points" ?

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by Arnold A.

Who is "right", and on what "points" ?

SAUmp and on all the points he just made. IU always answers the last poster first.

[UMP25]

In spite of some like J.R.'s head being in the sand, Baseball's popularity seems to be growing.

[fitump56]

Originally Posted by Arnold A.

Who is "right", and on what "points" ?

Far question, Arnold.

[Interested Ump]

Originally Posted by gordon30307

Easy explanation of why college football and the NFL have the highest ratings.

GAMBLING.

Super Bowl Sunday generates the most action of any sporting event.

It's also why Soccer will never make it. Over/Under 3.

I don't believe that success is that significantly hinged to gambling, I sure hope not. I coached soccer, to this day the game eludes my understanding. My teams were terrible, they had an awful coach who got the leftovers, we were doomed, doomed, I say.

Boring boob tube doesn't assist rankings either, Tim..

[fitump56]

Originally Posted by Homerwary

I agree with SD Steve (again... how irritating!), Publius' post goes to the salient points. Americans' attention spans, averaging the duration of a lit match, are not up to the task of appreciating baseball's subtleties.

Deeja vu , I came out of a meeting where a 35yo software professional making $10,000 a month for 120 hours argued for ten minutes that he had "read" 11 pages of text. Each page was only half full at best. He could not repeat a single line.

Read = viewed = glimpsed = flashed like a MTV video in three second sequences = software pros meaning of the word "read". We thought he was being an asshat but he really believed he "read" the pages.. Perfect for the matchlike attetntion you rightfuly claim.