Well, it’s really a roll of the dice with weather this time of year in most of the country. I don’t understand why they insist on playing so late in the year. Bud Selig said he didn’t like November baseball. Yet they schedule that way anyway. Must be due to TV money.
If it was up to me, they`d start the season in Mid-March and end it in Mid-September, with post season ending in Mid-October.
It is much easier to make schedules with early season play in summer climates and indoor stadiums than it is to predict who will earn a spot in post season.