Where’s the roof?
The first game at Target Field has been postponed due to rain and I can already hear the masses complaining about not having a roof over the new ballpark. You know, because Minnesota is the only state in the nation that has to deal with weather issues such as rain, snow and cold.
It may come as a huge surprise to some, but the game on Friday night between the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians was called after four innings due to the weather. Imagine playing a few innings and having those records cleared out since there was not enough innings played to make it a complete game. Just ask Grady Sizemore of the Indians how it feels to have his first home run of the season taken away.
Aside from the pair of games on Friday, there have been two other games postponed due to rain and two more finished early due to rain. It was a rainy four days span recently as a game between the Florida Marlins and the Colorado Rockies was postponed on April 23 and a game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Mets was postponed on April 26.
The Mets also dealt with weather on April 25 in a rain-shortened game against the Atlanta Braves that lasted 5.5 innings. The New York Yankees have also played in a rain-shortened game this season. The Yankees finished only six innings of a game against the Texas Rangers on April 16th. I highly doubt, though, that the New York fans for either team have clamored as much as Minnesotans to have a roof put on their billion dollar stadiums.
Maybe it was nearly 30 years in the Metrodome that has made the fans in this area soft. I, for one, have no regrets about moving to an open air stadium instead of something of a monstrosity that is Miller Park. Fans have been living with postponements since the beginning of baseball and I give the Twins credit for calling the game so early, thus allowing fans living outside of the Twins Cities a chance to change their travel plans.
To all of the whiners and complainers, whether you like it or not, baseball will be played outdoors for years to come. Either get used to it or stop coming out to the wonderful ball park that is Target Field.
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