Phillies rain delay

I was shocked to hear how many times Joe Buck kept saying "well, this is an official game", implying that they should just call it (which was not going to happen). Add to the shots of the doppler radar and it gives some credence to the local newscaster pondering whether this was the curse of billy penn in action. Give me a break - this is the world series, it's not going to be called for rain. So the question that is going to be on everyone's mind for the next few hours (or years even) is what effect this weather will have on tonight's game.

Here are a couple of my thoughts - phillies are at an advantage since Hammels now has a day to rest before retaking the mound and ryan howard can think about not striking out again. tampa has a minor advantage since they tied the game and got everyone to shut up about calling the game on account of weather. Advantage: Phillies.

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