What is the Point of Playing in the Rain?

[JRutledge]

They would have made money if they played yesterday or today. It was not a downpour last night. It was just a steady light rain. They play because if they wait there other times they would have to play under those conditions. I really do not see this as a big deal. How many times have you had games play on during some rain? I know I have and we did not have the elaborate ground's crew to keep the dirt dry. This really was not a big deal if you ask me.

Peace

[jicecone]

Heck I thought rain in October for Denver was pretty good.

I've been there with 3 feet of snow in the begining of Oct.

[jimpiano]

Originally Posted by jicecone

Heck I thought rain in October for Denver was pretty good.

I've been there with 3 feet of snow in the begining of Oct.

At least no one got hurt.

And it certainly did not affect the D-Backs. Their offense is non-existent, rain or shine.

And it did not have much of an effect, either, on MLB baseball anemic TV ratings since the NFL game on NBC crushed basbeall.

Which is another reason to postpone a game that does nothing to showcase post peason baseball and move it to a night with out the NFL as competition.

[SanDiegoSteve]

I watched the game. I thoroughly enjoyed it. The rain didn't bother me. It didn't bother the Rockies' fans. It didn't bother the players. It didn't bother the umpires. I had no difficulty flipping back and forth with the NFL game, so I got plenty of bang for my entertainment buck.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by jimpiano

At least no one got hurt.

And it certainly did not affect the D-Backs. Their offense is non-existent, rain or shine.

And it did not have much of an effect, either, on MLB baseball anemic TV ratings since the NFL game on NBC crushed basbeall.

Which is another reason to postpone a game that does nothing to showcase post peason baseball and move it to a night with out the NFL as competition.

You would have had two skip to days then. On Monday the NFL plays football as well. Unless they would play the game at 1:00 in the afternoon, they would compete with the NFL today.

Peace

[jimpiano]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

You would have had two skip to days then. On Monday the NFL plays football as well. Unless they would play the game at 1:00 in the afternoon, they would compete with the NFL today.

Peace

No.

Tonight games in both playoffs are already scheduled. 7pm and 10 pm Eastern.

Game Five in the NLCS , if there is one , is set for Wednesay in Denver, with a day off on Tuesday, and if Arizona wins tonight and on Wednesday there would be ANOTHER day off on Thursday before games six and seven back in Phoenix.

Why MLB intentionally built in days off for weather concerns and then did not use them is a mystery.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by jimpiano

No.

Tonight games in both playoffs are already scheduled. 7pm and 10 pm Eastern.

The NFL is still playing tonight right?

Originally Posted by jimpiano

Game Five in the NLCS , if there is one , is set for Wednesay in Denver, with a day off on Tuesday, and if Arizona wins tonight and on Wednesday there would be ANOTHER day off on Thursday before games six and seven back in Phoenix.

The NFL would not be playing on Wednesday. The NFL does not play on Wednesday. Is there a point here?

Originally Posted by jimpiano

Why MLB intentionally built in days off for weather concerns and then did not use them is a mystery.

The day off is for travel, not weather. There is a built in travel day for every game between sites. The only time they would not use the travel day is during the 5 game series and if a game is rained out. The game was not rained out and they played. Life will go on.

Peace

[UMP25]

Actually, JR, the schedule this year is different because of television and not travel and/or weather. Normally, the only off days for travel for both the ALCS and the NLCS are between games 2 and 3 and games 5 and 6.

Since TBS took over this year and MLB preferred to maximize prime time viewing, the only way to do this was to break up the middle of each series so that when one was traveling the other was playing, and vice versa.

[jimpiano]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

The NFL is still playing tonight right?



The NFL would not be playing on Wednesday. The NFL does not play on Wednesday. Is there a point here?



The day off is for travel, not weather. There is a built in travel day for every game between sites. The only time they would not use the travel day is during the 5 game series and if a game is rained out. The game was not rained out and they played. Life will go on.

Peace

Yeah, the point is and was that MLB had built in two off days in Denver, neither of which conflicted with the NFL.

Last night's game could have been easily rescheduled to Tuesday and been played in better weather and no NFL Conflict.


Consider that the best TBS post season baseball rating so far is a 5.5 which is less than half the rating of a regular season game on Sunday night on NBC.

And tonight the Red Sox and Indians and the D-Backs and Rockies will overlap the Giants/Atlanta NFL game.
The number of TV households in Boston., Cleveland, Phoenix and Denver total 7.2 million, less than the total of those in the New York City area.

So my point remains, why play a game in the rain against the NFL when there was away to avoid both?