Friday, April 06, 2007

Blizzard baseball

What a bizarre game the Mariners have been having in Cleveland today. First, an hour rain delay. Then two more during the game. By the 5th, the Indians lead 4-0. The Indian pitcher is pitching a no hitter -- but he walks three to load the bases in the fifth. It starts snowing. Hard. The Mariner's have two outs. The batter has two strikes, one strike from calling it a legal game. But by now it's snowing so hard, practically a blizzard, that they call the game again over protests from the Cleveland manager, who wants one more strike and a win. But it's called because the batter can barely see the pitcher through the snow falling. And now they're waiting to see if it stops snowing so they can continue playing. As the Mariner radio guy likes to say, My oh my!

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