The Late Show

The controversy over Friday's night 11 PM start continued yesterday. Based on Joe Torre's comments, Yankees announcer Michael Kay was quick to throw the umpiring crew under the bus. But after further details came out, it looks like major league baseball is to blame.

It all started with Thursday's Red Sox-White Sox game in Chicago. Rain delayed the start of the game and it was finally called at 9:30. It never rained the rest of the night and the umpires took a big hit for it. So a directive came out via VP of umps Mike Port, but originated from higher up.

So Friday night, Rick Reed's crew, the same crew that was in Chicago waited as long as possible. There were several conflicting weather reports that had the game nearly starting on several occasions.

The weather may not have been clear, but it was clear that the fans should not have had to wait 4 hours for baseball.

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