Think back to yesterday morning, when the Mad Max world we now inhabit was yet nascent. Recall Chicago, where there were severe thunderstorms and flash flood warnings and tornadoes galore, and where the game scheduled for 11:10 our time was pushed back to 12:15, purportedly to wait out the rain. Remember how for about 45 minutes, in a brief reprieve from the tyranny of the elements, the game was played. In the face of climatological hazards in both the homeland and the enemy’s territory, baseball was played yesterday.
The rain, as anyone could have foreseen, came raging back in off Lake Michigan, putting yet another pause to the game in the middle of the third inning.