Bud Selig – Can MLBs Most Powerful Man Control the Weather?

Bud Selig has served as the Commissioner of Major League Baseball since 1992 and during his 22 year reign, he has done a lot of things both good and bad.  But we started to wonder whether the Commish has some kind of weather control when Game 3 of the ALCS was postponed due to rain.

It is certainly clear that MLB prefers to broadcast all of its postseason games without competition from its arch rival The National Football League.  Just take a look at the upcoming World Series Schedule.  It’s no coincidence that the two-game home stand in Kansas City starts on a Tuesday and ends one day before the NFLs Thursday Night game where the San Diego Chargers will face the Denver Broncos.  Game 3 takes place on a Friday and Game 4 on a Saturday.  The only conflict will occur on Saturday night when the Packers face the Saints.

The teams will return to Kansas City, if necessary, on Monday with the final two games slated for Tuesday and Wednesday.  How convenient that baseball will not have to compete with America’s Team, the Dallas Cowboys, as they face Dan Snyder’s Washington Redskins in Dallas.  The timing of the schedule is well calculated and will surely provide sports fans the opportunity to enjoy their weekly dose of football without compromising their world series interest.

With this precise planning, it made us wonder if Bud Selig had the ability to conjure rain during the one series conflict.  With the prospect of rain heading into Kansas City on a, of all things, Monday night, baseball made a swift decision to cancel the game so as not to provide fans with an unpleasant post-season experience.

Selig has been instrumental in making significant changes to the game.  He implemented a “home-field advantage” in the World Series to the All-Star Game league winner.  He also recently added the one game playoff for the Wild Card spot (which we like very much).  Is it possible he also made sure it would rain on a Monday night?  Either way, TBS was a very happy recipient of the delay with better ratings on a Tuesday night.

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