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Anonymous Posted 4 years ago
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We'll have a rain delay for a couple of innings

"I don't think the appointment of a special master is going to hold up -- but even if it does, I don't see it fundamentally changing the trajectory. In other words, I don't think it changes the ball game so much as maybe we'll have a rain delay for a couple of innings."

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What does the clause we'll have a rain delay for a couple of innings exactly mean in the context?

  

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anonymous What does the clause we'll have a rain delay for a couple of innings exactly mean in the context? *** only knows what he meant "exactly". He was trying to make a baseball reference.

  • anonymous What does the clause we'll have a rain delay for a couple of innings exactly mean in the context?
  • *** only knows what he meant "exactly".
  • He was trying to make a baseball reference.
  • The game of baseball is not played in the rain, unlike soccer, for instance.
  • If it starts raining during a baseball game, they can suspend play until the rain stops and then resume the game.
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anonymousWhat does the clause we'll have a rain delay for a couple of innings exactly mean in the context?

*** only knows what he meant "exactly". He was trying to make a baseball reference. The game of baseball is not played in the rain, unlike soccer, for instance. If it starts raining during a baseball game, they can suspend play until the rain stops and

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anonymousIn other words, I don't think it changes the ball game so much as maybe we'll have a rain delay for a couple of innings.

~ In other words I don't think it changes the process. It simply causes a delay.

CJ

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