41. Other sports deal with rain by investing in artificial turf, by erecting domed stadiums or by postponing games. 42. Rain, which postponed games the previous two days, provided Cone extra rest before this start. 43. Rain fell here Tuesday for the first time since mid-March, when a Mariners spring-training game was postponed by a renegade burst of Seattle weather. 44. Rivera was right, as the Yankees-Royals game was postponed and the closer did not get the chance to close. 45. Six games were postponed that Saturday and Sunday. 46. Some games were postponed, some remained scheduled and others remained up in the air. 47. That game was postponed by a lightning storm that began just before kickoff. 48. The American Football League postponed all games. 49. The city was already pumped up Wednesday, after the first game had been postponed by a driving rainstorm on Tuesday. 50. The custodians noticed the wiresa couple of hours before kickoff, figured it was a bomb and the game was postponed. |