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Just now, dystopia said:

They make teams travel for a one-off game to make up for rainouts all the time. 

For entire rained out games, yes.  To play a single inning at the end of a suspended game?  That would be a ridiculous ask 😆

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5 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I'm still mad about the time they kept the game going in a downpour until the Yankees pulled ahead and then called it.

Another rain game comes to mind vs NYY. I was at the 15 inning 2001 O's game at Yankee Stadium (Ripken's last there). It was suspended due to rain and ended as a 1-1 tie. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/01/sports/baseball-a-long-goodbye-for-ripken-leaves-things-a-bit-unresolved.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pk0.6Q_s.os5ITDP0HKUF&smid=url-share

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1 minute ago, Morgan423 said:

For entire rained out games, yes.  To play a single inning at the end of a suspended game?  That would be a ridiculous ask 😆

Not in a close game. Plus, you'd only have 20 - 30 minutes of play instead of 3 hours so it would be less likely to interfere with travel times.

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Random thought occurred to me, most of NYY fans are either Jets or Giants fans, and most Steeler fans are Pirate fans. Is the contingent of NYY/Steeler fans sizeable? I would say that almost all are front-runners without connection to either NY or Pittsburgh. I would hate to meet these people, for many reasons...

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Just now, dystopia said:

Not in a close game. Plus, you'd only have 20 - 30 minutes of play instead of 3 hours so it would be less likely to interfere with travel times.

Honest question.  To you remember a single time that's ever happened?  Because I don't think it has. 

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