The New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays played into the bottom of the fifth inning on Thursday afternoon before monsoon conditions came down and soaked the field in the Bronx. The trade deadline took center stage while the game was paused, and as the delay stretched past the two-hour mark, it seemed only natural that the game would soon be canceled. After all, both the Rays and Yankees had plenty of business to take care of, even if it was taking placed hundreds of miles away in their adjoining Tampa war rooms.
Who knew that that business was between the two of them, and would directly affect the game on the field in New York - which stunningly resumed around 5:30 PM?