Legal Commentary

As a die-hard baseball fan, of course I'm glued to the World Series. And so I had to write something to note the absurdity of the way MLB is spinning the current rain delay in Philadelphia: "We had to delay the game based upon these conditions, and so we're lucky that Tampa scored in the top of the sixth. Now, the game would be suspended if we couldn't resume play, rather than having to call the game in the Phillies' favor."

I call BS. Had the game been tied two or three innings ago, they would've thrown the tarp on the field then. The conditions were horrible, and unfit for a little league game, let alone a regular-season major league game (or, dare I say, the World Series). They didn't call a rain delay precisely because they were waiting for Tampa to tie (or go ahead) so they could do exactly what they did. It's the right thing to do now, but letting the teams play through two-plus innings of simply unplayable conditions absolutely wasn't--and they're lucky no one got hurt.

Once again, MLB is doing its best to ruin The Game.