Why did they attempt to play World Series Game Five tonight in Philadelphia. Oh commissioner?
“We were told about 7:45 that there’d only be about a tenth of an inch of rain between then and midnight or after,” Selig said. “So everybody in the room wanted to play. Given the weather forecast that we had — and I had monitored it over and over again — it was a decision that we made. I made it with some significant trepidation, but had the forecast held, we’d have been O.K.” -source NY Times
Seriously? I want to know who the forecaster was that made that call? My suspicion is there was none. The numbers were just made up. Selig took a chance.
Especially for the World Series, games should be decided by the players playing. Adverse conditions, like inept umpires, should be avoided.