Earthquakes, Hurricanes and Evacuations, oh my!

Hello Blogisphere!

First off, I wanted to start this post by apologizing for not posting in about a week. I was on vacation and stayed in a hotel where there was shockingly no wifi. Because of that, I was unable to post and also unable and unfortunately so because a lot of crazy things happened in the world of sports and the world in general.

First an earthquake and now a hurricane. Now normally I wouldn't mind a little natural disaster except in this case it led to the postponement of many Phillies games. It is the stretch run of the season and now the Phils will have to play at least three double headers in the month of September. It might even be more depending on Hurricane Irene's wrath and the damage it may or may not do to Citizen's Bank Park.

But natural disasters are nothing new and the sports world is certainly accustomed to them. Baseball games have been cancelled because of rain and football games cancelled because of excessive weather. Even hockey and basketball games have been moved because of blizzard weather when getting people to and from the games becomes dangerous

One prominent example I can remember is the 2008 World Series. Bud Selig and Major League Baseball did everything they could to play game 5 in Philadelphia. It became obvious however that Mother Nature was not on the same side as the MLB. As the field became soaked there were slips and falls in the outfield and the dirt path between the bases turned into mud and became a hazard when it came to running the bases. A game that probably shouldn't even have been started in the first place, ended up being delayed by rain and became the first ever world series game to suffer such a delay. Of course there was controversy surrounding the delay. I personally believe if the game had been played in full the next day when conditions were better, that Cole Hamels would have gotten the win and been 5-0 in the postseason, making him the only such pitcher ever to go 5-0 in the postseason but that is neither here nor there. MLB made a mistake by playing the game but they were smart to delay it because it was unsafe for the players to play in those conditions.

Postponements and delays are meant for the safety of not only the players but us fans too. Even though in most cases fans, myself included, are not happy to see the games we are waiting to see cancelled, it really is for the best.

So with Hurricane Irene preparing to hit the PA/NJ area but early tomorrow morning, I leave you with this. Stay safe, be prepared and be patient because those games we missed will be played and look at this way, now we'll get three days of two Phillies games. Life and September will certainly be good.