When it comes to making important decisions, few leagues are worse at it than Major League Baseball. That proved especially true this week.
The Atlanta Braves and New York Mets went into Tuesday’s series at Truist Park with just two games separating the clubs in the NL wild card. And with the Braves taking the first game, the final two games of the series could easily decide the postseason fates for both squads.
Yet, when all this was happening — and in the lead-up to the series — forecasts showed that Atlanta was right in the projected path of Hurricane Helene. Even as both the Braves and Mets shared an off day on Monday, no adjustments were made to the schedule. That left us with the inevitable postponement of the games scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday.
https://twitter.com/Braves/status/1839052722026459264
https://twitter.com/AnthonyDiComo/status/1839050224138072317
Again, MLB had options to avoid this. A game could have been played on Monday. Then, there either could have been a doubleheader on Tuesday or an early series finale on Wednesday before the weather rolled in. According to the New York Post, the Braves rejected those options, and MLB — which could have overruled the Braves — did not step in.
So, we’re left with two teams being forced to play a decisive doubleheader on Monday — the day before the playoffs. And given the standings, one team could end up in Milwaukee and another in San Diego or Los Angeles the very next day. It puts both the Braves and the Mets at a disadvantage, and MLB absolutely could have avoided this.
No wonder fans were upset when the postponement was made official.
This was how Twitter/X reacted
https://twitter.com/JP_Bender/status/1839056118427038125
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https://twitter.com/Kevin_Ivers10/status/1839054423974191189
https://twitter.com/EvanGreenberg8/status/1839054164980281734
https://twitter.com/RichieHeinz/status/1839053376501461223
https://twitter.com/jduffs3/status/1839052119074079215
https://twitter.com/Rio19/status/1839051423343894795
https://twitter.com/urbnstylista/status/1839056941655667179
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