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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 20, 2008
The scoreboard at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia announces the suspension of Game 5 of the World Series in Philadelphia on Monday. The Tampa Bay Rays and Philadelphia Phillies were tied in the middle of the sixth innning and the game was suspended.
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Fans watch the sixth inning in the pouring rain during Game 5 of the World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and Tampa Bay Rays in Philadelphia on Monday. The game should be resumed tonight.
A grounds crew worker rakes a drying agent on the rain-soaked infield between innings during Game 5 of the World Series in Philadelphia on Monday. The rakes was suspended because of rain Monday and did not resumed as scheduled Tuesday because of more bad weather.
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Wet weather conditions postpone Game 5 another day
BY BEN WALKER ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHILADELPHIA - In the middle of all this World Series chaos, Joe Maddon sounded rather calm.
Bumped to a hotel in Delaware until Game 5 resumes tonight — if the weather cooperates — the Tampa Bay manager and his young team rode out the storm together.
"I referred to it as kind of like getting snowed in, if I could go back to my roots," said Maddon, raised in nearby Hazleton, Pa.
Rain put the Series on hold Monday night, with the Phillies and Tampa Bay Rays suspended in the sixth inning with the score 2-all.
More rain and possible snow showers were expected Tuesday, so commissioner Bud Selig said
Game 5 was tentatively set to resume at 8:37 p.m. tonight — after Democratic president candidate Barack Obama's 30-minute ad on Fox and other networks.
Major League Baseball and Fox agreed two weeks ago to push back tonight's first pitch — originally for Game 6 — by about 10 minutes.
"No one will delay a World Series game with an infomercial when I'm president," Republican
candidate John McCain said to loud applause at a Tuesday rally in Pennsylvania.
Selig said there was no way to resume play Tuesday.
"While obviously we want to
for clearing skies by the early afternoon, with temperatures in the upper 30s by night.
"We get to bat four times, they get to bat three. We get 12 outs, they get nine." Phillies manager Charlie
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"It was terrible. The field wasn't bad, but it was the worst conditions I've ever played in."
finish Game as soon as possible, the forecast for today does not allow for us to continue the game this evening," he said. "We are closely monitoring tomorrow's forecast and will continue to monitor the
Manuel said. "We are definitely coming with the mind-set that we are going to win that game."
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The Phillies lead three games to one, needing one more win for their first
weather on an hourly basis. We will advise fans as soon as we are able to make any final decisions with respect to tomorrow's schedule."
The forecast for tonight called
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"We'll stay here if we have to
celebrate Thanksgiving here," Selig said Monday night when the suspension was announced.
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A puddle formed on home plate and umpire Jeff Kellogg resorted to using a towel rather than the usual whisk broom to wipe it clean.
"It was terrible. The field wasn't bad, but it was the worst conditions I've ever played in," Tampa Bay third baseman Evan Longoria said.
By the time Carlos Pena hit a tying, two-out single in the sixth for the Rays, every pitch and every hit had become an adventure.
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Batters kept blinking back the rain drops and pitchers struggled with their footing. Strong gusts dropped the wind-chill factor into the 30s, and fielders covered their bare hands between pitches.
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All-Star shortstop Jimmy Rollins of the Phillies chased a popup all over and dropped it for a tough error in the fifth. There were pools of water at every base and the Philine Phanatic wore a rain slicker for his routine.
"The infield was tough. The ball would do funny things," Phillies second baseman Chase Utley said. "It was in bad shape. It was not playable."
Whenever this one resumes, it will pick up where it left off, with the Phillies about to bat in the bottom of the sixth.
Ace pitcher CamHamis is set to lead off for the Phils.
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