I’m not going to blog on how great Jackie Robinson was, and about what a pioneer of the game he was, and how he changed the face of professional sports forever.

The reason for that is, plenty of established writers have done that for you today. Go to http://www.mlb.com, http://cbs.sportsline.com, http://www.espn.com, or pretty much any major sports site, and you can read pages upon pages about this guy, including interviews from former teammates, people who were there during the time, etc. I can’t hold a candle to that.

And you SHOULD go read those pages and pages. The man is a legend and a hero. His ability to keep a level head through all the seething hate he had to face… the word “admirable” doesn’t come close. He was a damn fine ball player and a damn fine human being, too. If you don’t know his story… do yourself a favor and go read it.

What I’m going to blog about is how upset I am with all these rain delays. In a day and age where high-tech luxurious domes are the norm, I can’t figure out how this year seems to have a disproportional amount of games postponed due to rain, snow, and “cold”.

I’ve been mad about this for the last two weeks, but today it really infuriated me; and not just because it screwed over my fantasy team.

Every park was going to commemorate Jackie Robinson today. Today was supposed to be the day that we payed homage to him in 15 of the league’s ballparks. Unfortunately, 33.33% of those ballparks couldn’t join in, because the rain was coming down a little too hard in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Pittsburgh.

Is it anyone’s fault that mother nature decided to throw a temper tantrum today? Some might blame the scheduling committee for putting games in rainy cities. Al Gore might blame global warming.

I’m not blaming anyone… but it still irritates the life out of me.

(http://vegasdavesdime.blogspot.com/2007/04/jackie-robinson-day-ppd.html)

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