11.   The buildings are low, the skies wide open and the pace civilized.

12.   The night of the first preview, the skies opened.

13.   The skies opened shortly thereafter, but the Astros appeared all but washed away before the umpires cleared the field.

14.   The skies opened, and we caught another half-dozen jacks in the pelting rain.

15.   Then the skies opened, and each team grew more conservative.

16.   Then the skies opened.

17.   Play was suspended, then a few minutes later the skies opened.

18.   A few minutes after play was suspended, the skies opened.

19.   But minutes after the ceremony ended Thursday night, the skies opened.

20.   By the end of the second lap, the skies opened.