[ValerieUSA]

you, in your ignorance fail to realise that the players have a responsibility to play every game to the best of their ability

*doh* I think I am the one who is saying the players have a responsibility to play every game -- including the one scheduled today. If you are contending that they are obligated to cancel a game when they realize the conditions are not favorable for them to be at their best, then you are ignorant. That's not what life, or even the game of baseball, is about.

[LWalk18]

There is no point in playing when the players are grossly distracted. A ball thrown at 90-95 miles per hour can be very dangerous if the pitcher is not focused. The players had just learned about his death, they were NOT focused. The game will be made up later, so what is your problem?

[NYCVirago]

*doh* I think I am the one who is saying the players have a responsibility to play every game -- including the one scheduled today. If you are contending that they are obligated to cancel a game when they realize the conditions are not favorable for them to be at their best, then you are ignorant. That's not what life, or even the game of baseball, is about.

Just like a game rescheduled due to a rain delay, this game will be played later on this season. Nobody (except for maybe a few knuckleheads on this thread) expects players to play when it's raining. And to have expected the players to play a game when they just found out that their teammate had died is just as ridiculous.

And one other thing -- I'm not a NASCAR fan, but I sure as heck didn't go on any of the Dale Earnhardt threads last year and tell off the freepers mourning him. Perhaps you should follow that advice.