How bizarre can a World Series game get?

Phillies fans are complaining after the Rays tied the game Monday night after playing a half-inning they feel should never have been played because of a driving rain and large puddles on the ground.

The rain delay certainly came at an odd time. If the game had been called prior to that last half inning, the Series would have been over with a Phillies win because the game had gone a full five innings - enough to be considered a ‘complete game.’

Why wasn’t play stopped when Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins muffed two routine plays?

Why wasn’t play stopped when Ray’s Pitcher Scott Kazmir couldn’t keep mud from caking on his cleats?

Why wasn’t play stopped when Ray third baseman Evan Longoria was standing in water at third base?

Simple things like throwing and catching had become almost impossible yet play was not stopped until the Rays scored the tying run.



Tampa Bay Rays center fielder B.J. Upton (2) slides safely past Philadelphia Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz (51) to score the game tying run during the sixth inning of game five of the World Series



Fans watching the game during heavy rain.



Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig making a feeble attempt to explain his decision to wait during a downpour for the game to be tied before halting play.