The Oakland A’s and Seattle Mariners played a doubleheader on Monday at T-Mobile Park, allowing them to make up two games that had been postponed earlier this month. But there are legitimate questions about whether they should have been playing these makeups at all.
Due to nearby wildfires, the Seattle air was filled with smoke, similar to what Bay Area residents have experienced in recent weeks. The severity of such a situation is measured using Air Quality Index, a scale that goes from zero to 500 in which unhealthy ratings begin at 100 and reach “very unhealthy” at 200.