Comments on: Oh, The Rain Falls Hard On A Humdrum Town, This Town Has Dragged You Down http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/10/27/delaygamefive2008worldseries/ Just another Firedoglake weblog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:02:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: drpaisley http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/10/27/delaygamefive2008worldseries/comment-page-1/#comment-3193 drpaisley Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:32:32 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/10/27/delaygamefive2008worldseries/#comment-3193 <p>The game shouldn’t have been played at all. It was obvious to everyone except Bud that the game would be deluged at roughly the fifth inning. If Tampa had been up 2-1 after 5, and the game called then, would that have been any less fair?</p> <p>What really disturbed me in reading the coverage in the paper this morning was Selig’s claim he could have unilaterally suspended the game whether or not Tampa had tied it. Who does he think he is, GW Bush? Did Selig issue a signing statement when the rule was changed last season?</p> <p>Albert Belle for commissioner of baseball. Change you can believe in.</p> The game shouldn’t have been played at all. It was obvious to everyone except Bud that the game would be deluged at roughly the fifth inning. If Tampa had been up 2-1 after 5, and the game called then, would that have been any less fair?

What really disturbed me in reading the coverage in the paper this morning was Selig’s claim he could have unilaterally suspended the game whether or not Tampa had tied it. Who does he think he is, GW Bush? Did Selig issue a signing statement when the rule was changed last season?

Albert Belle for commissioner of baseball. Change you can believe in.

]]> By: Elliott http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/10/27/delaygamefive2008worldseries/comment-page-1/#comment-3176 Elliott Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:52:41 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/10/27/delaygamefive2008worldseries/#comment-3176 <p>I’m glad it was tied, I’m happy to wait until all nine innings are played before I do cartwheels down Broad Street</p> I’m glad it was tied, I’m happy to wait until all nine innings are played before I do cartwheels down Broad Street

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