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Magneto2.0 wrote:

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especially opening day

no chance they call this, is there, after getting this far? I'd hate to lose that kind of run production

And we're winning, too.

Total f'ing joke. We all knew it'd probably get delayed. Why do they delete all the game progress? This makes no sense.

Even if we were losing 10-0 in 2 innings, I would still think it would be ludicrous, as it completely is, to just say "NEVERMIND ABOUT THAT EARLIER GUYZ! FIRST INNING!"

I cannot think of a single reason to support eliminating any game progress made. Stats are totally irrelevant.

Maclowery wrote:
I cannot think of a single reason to support eliminating any game progress made. Stats are totally irrelevant.

I can........The rules say so

Maclowery wrote: I cannot think of a single reason to support eliminating any game progress made. Stats are totally irrelevant.

It's about giving the fans their money's worth and making more money in the process. It sucks that it worked against us yesterday but that's the way things work sometimes. Would you be wild about possibly driving a long way and paying for parking, beer and nachos again to see a makeup game that's only half a game? No one would show up. And what is essentially an extra game is another opportunity for a televised game and more ad revenue. They wouldn't even bother televising a game if they are picking things up in the fourth inning. It's also out of fairness to the teams. You don't always have an off day the next day to make that game up. It could be much later in the season. If you are going to ask teams to maybe play a double header, possibly alter their travel schedules and certainly alter their pitching rotation you have to give them a clean slate and a fair shot to win the game. If a team has to do all that to show up and finish a game that they are down 10-0 in they won't have much interest, which again comes back to giving the fans their money's worth.

cardsfansince82 wrote:

Maclowery wrote: I cannot think of a single reason to support eliminating any game progress made. Stats are totally irrelevant.

It's about giving the fans their money's worth and making more money in the process. It sucks that it worked against us yesterday but that's the way things work sometimes. Would you be wild about possibly driving a long way and paying for parking, beer and nachos again to see a makeup game that's only half a game? No one would show up. And what is essentially an extra game is another opportunity for a televised game and more ad revenue. They wouldn't even bother televising a game if they are picking things up in the fourth inning. It's also out of fairness to the teams. You don't always have an off day the next day to make that game up. It could be much later in the season. If you are going to ask teams to maybe play a double header, possibly alter their travel schedules and certainly alter their pitching rotation you have to give them a clean slate and a fair shot to win the game. If a team has to do all that to show up and finish a game that they are down 10-0 in they won't have much interest, which again comes back to giving the fans their money's worth.

I was going to respond to this but you took the words right out of my mouth. My 14 year old was ticked, and was asking me why they cancel the game and not just pick it up from where it left off. Until he asked, I never gave it a thought. But after about 2 seconds of thought, I realized what how it would cost the owners money and there is your answer.

I *think* playoff games do not do this - they would just suspend it and pick it up from where it left off. Is that right?

jim wrote:

cardsfansince82 wrote:

Maclowery wrote: I cannot think of a single reason to support eliminating any game progress made. Stats are totally irrelevant.

It's about giving the fans their money's worth and making more money in the process. It sucks that it worked against us yesterday but that's the way things work sometimes. Would you be wild about possibly driving a long way and paying for parking, beer and nachos again to see a makeup game that's only half a game? No one would show up. And what is essentially an extra game is another opportunity for a televised game and more ad revenue. They wouldn't even bother televising a game if they are picking things up in the fourth inning. It's also out of fairness to the teams. You don't always have an off day the next day to make that game up. It could be much later in the season. If you are going to ask teams to maybe play a double header, possibly alter their travel schedules and certainly alter their pitching rotation you have to give them a clean slate and a fair shot to win the game. If a team has to do all that to show up and finish a game that they are down 10-0 in they won't have much interest, which again comes back to giving the fans their money's worth.

I was going to respond to this but you took the words right out of my mouth. My 14 year old was ticked, and was asking me why they cancel the game and not just pick it up from where it left off. Until he asked, I never gave it a thought. But after about 2 seconds of thought, I realized what how it would cost the owners money and there is your answer.

I *think* playoff games do not do this - they would just suspend it and pick it up from where it left off. Is that right?

I am relatively certain the rain out rules are the same for the playoffs. They would start it again also. The difference is that once a playoff game starts they wait that rain out as long as they possibly can.

We just need to invest more R&D into force fields. Put on under every infield by 2045

AdmiralKird wrote:We just need to invest more R&D into force fields. Put on under every infield by 2045

Why not put one over the field? That way the rain never gets in.