Friday, May 13, 2011

First MLB "Rainout"

For the first time this season we had a day that was scheduled to have action but ended up as a non-action day when all was said and done.

Thursday May 12 had eight games on the MLB docket but Dodgers-Pirates was postponed due to rain in Pittsburgh. So the first two segments of the day went off as usual for weather and the S&P.
NYC Weather at 1:35PM local time
Temperature:A+A
Humidity:D+
Pressure:B-
S&P 500 Index at Market Close
Price:C-A-
Range:S
Volume:D+

But when the MLB scores for the day were being collected, the rainout caused the day's count to drop to seven games - below the requisite eight in order to have action. The first two segments were scored as usual below:

RkNmNYCS&PMLBTotal
1Biff Tannen981260225
2Neil McCauley311080139
3Will Munny59680128
4Pike Bishop2844073
5Hans Gruber037037
6Marko Ramius031031
7Fredo Corleone260026
8Shelly Kaplow160016

Biff, Neil and Will were situated very well entering the final segment of the day and the rainout in Pittsburgh may have cost them a shot at a high finish for the day. Instead the day was downgraded to a non-action day and all the scores were thrown out.

In that way the results are very much akin to how a baseball game is handled when called due to rain but failed to complete a minimum of five innings. The results are thrown out and the game is restarted at a later date.

The results were completely lost to me also until I discovered a browser window I happened to leave open on my work computer.

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