10 minutes ago, greg775 said:

How come this game got called? In Kansas we have had the major downpours for 30 minutes, but then it clears out for a few hours. What happened in Chicago to not wait it out?

Field took on hurricane levels of water in the 4th and 5th

2 minutes ago, Nokona said:

Field took on hurricane levels of water in the 4th and 5th

Did the rain stop? That's unacceptable if it was cause of field conditions in the year 2019.

Edited May 19, 20196 yr by greg775

2 minutes ago, greg775 said:

Did the rain stop? That's unacceptable if it was cause of field conditions in the year 2019.

Are you an expert on rain and field conditions? 

1 hour ago, greg775 said:

Did the rain stop? That's unacceptable if it was cause of field conditions in the year 2019.

The umps kept the grounds crew off the field for 10-15 minutes more than normal because the game was so close to being official. Those 10 minutes happened to be torrential downpour, so there was significant puddles before the tarp was ever able to be put on. 

10 hours ago, SouthWallace said:

They are facing a lefty.  I have no doubt he'll be hitting cleanup again tomorrow.

Or maybe the reason Alonso was hitting 6th was that maybe Renteria finally wised up and realized that maybe a .180 hitter should not be batting cleanup, that maybe another spot in the order would take some of the pressure off of him and would let him relax a little.

4 hours ago, greg775 said:

How come this game got called? In Kansas we have had the major downpours for 30 minutes, but then it clears out for a few hours. What happened in Chicago to not wait it out?

They waited three hours and it was still raining. You take the rain shortened win and don't even give the Jays a chance in the final four innings. Works perfectly fine for me.

The Rain Gods are on our side. Don't complain.