This one bothered me all night. I even tried reading the Basic Agreement but I still can’t figure it out, and this one is bothering me.
Remember this from earlier in the season when the Braves made the Mets play a doubleheader right after the Rockies doubleheader?
Mets officials called the commissioner’s office on Friday night when plans were being discussed to reschedule Friday night’s game against the Atlanta Braves, which was postponed by rain.
The Mets, concerned about the implications to their pitching staff, lobbied unsuccessfully against a doubleheader on Saturday. New York was swept by Colorado in a doubleheader Thursday in New York after being rained out Tuesday. (via SI Live)
OK fine, good gamesmanship by the Braves. The home team will do what they want (within reason).
So why this…
The Yankees were rained out. Some guy on their team is about to get his 3,000th hit, people are excited. It rained. So why not make it up this weekend?
any fan who paid a scalper a huge price for a Friday night ticket, hoping to see the 3,000th hit, now has either a ticket for a makeup game on Sept. 22 or a rain check to exchange for another game.
Sounds simple enough . . . except it wasn’t.
It took hours for the Yankees and Rays to figure all that out. The Yankees said they wanted to play a split doubleheader Saturday, and the Rays said they didn’t. The players’ union got involved, because the basic agreement allows players to vote on whether to play split doubleheaders, in some cases. (via CBS Sports)
Seems the Post has the answer
League rules gave the Rays (and Yankees) a choice about the day-night doubleheader, because each team already has two split double-headers scheduled later this season. The Yankees, who last played a single-admission doubleheader at home on Sept. 29, 2004 against the Twins, didn’t need the Rays’ approval to play a single-admission doubleheader. Doing so would have given Jeter one additional game before the All-Star break, but it wouldn’t have helped fans with a ticket to last night’s game.
So, looks to me if you’re a Yankees fan who wanted to see Jeter – be mad at the Rays
