New York baseball fans react with annoyance over Subway Series opener rainout
Fans of the New York Yankees and Mets were angry, frustrated and disappointed when the first game of the Subway Series was postponed.
Friday night was supposed to feature highly-contested Subway Series baseball between the Yankees and Mets.
Instead, the rain got in the way and postponed the first game in the series.
The Yankees couldn’t control the weather, but New York baseball fans weren’t pleased with how the club handled the delay.
Yankees and Mets fans are annoyed by the handling of a rain delay
Even though the forecast was clear rain would likely impact the game on Friday, the Yankees didn’t announce a postponement until fans were already in the stands.
The wait created some serious annoyance from fans who traveled to see Subway Series action.
“Let’s make the fans sit in the rain for 2 hours, and then when it stops, let’s send them home and tell them the game is cancelled” - whoever is in charge of rain delays #Mets #Yankees
— Brad Appleseed (@AppleseedBrad) July 3, 2021
Driving 2.5 hours to sit in the rain for 2 hours then driving back 2.5 hours is still a better experience than watching the Yankees play baseball https://t.co/RH76An9mqv
— Danny Botti (@dannybotti) July 3, 2021
The Yankees are the best at this! Such assholes. Get everyone to pay for parking , get into the stadium, spend money inside, have people wait and wait. The worst! Shame on this organization!! https://t.co/lViWJElkwE
— Benny “the jet” Rodriguez (@kylesmith610) July 3, 2021
Dear New York Yankees, this is tomorrow’s forecast for game time. Obviously not baseball weather. Please don’t make me sit in the rain for an hour and a half before you figure out that the game can’t go on. #morethanaraindelay pic.twitter.com/ddvU7M6uGT
— Janet McDowell (@janet5686) July 3, 2021
NY added insult to injury for many fans when they decided to postpone the game to Sunday, the Fourth of July, while shortening it to a seven-inning outing.
The reactions were not complimentary of the Yankees organization.
Not to mention the games on Sunday are both full price and only 7 innings. The Yankees have not been very fan friendly this week, nor will they be this weekend.
— John Deam (@JohnDeam8) July 3, 2021
So you guys got the parking and food/drinking money for tonight- even though the forecast was bad all along and it could’ve been called earlier.
— GWAL (@TheRealGWAL) July 3, 2021
And now Sunday night is gonna be a 7 inning little league game? FOH.
We paid for a 9-inning Sunday Night baseball game. Now we only get 7 and have to figure out how to park and tailgate. Horrible leadership by the @Yankees and @MLB
— K.C. Wanamaker (@KCWanamaker) July 3, 2021
So I just overpaid for a 7 inning game Sunday? That’s pretty terrible.
— Jon Brown (@jonbrown55) July 3, 2021
So you go to Sunday’s game you get 7 innings for the price of 9!!! What a deal!! #subwayseries #LGM #NYMvsNYY #mets #Yankees
— Bleeding Orange and Blue (@Robderbs) July 3, 2021
@Yankees trying to suddenly mess up everyone’s plans for the 4th by making them watch 7 inning games. Please tell Manfred no one wants to watch that- we’ll take our refund instead
— T (@tjb1291) July 3, 2021
For others, the overriding emotion was sadness over a light sports night.
yankees got rain delayed and there’s no nba games 😒💔 what is life
— Figavelli ❤️🔥 (@fxgs__) July 3, 2021
At least someone was able to find the silver lining. After all, watching the Yankees hasn’t exactly been fun this season.
That’s back-to-back days without losing. World Series parade is back on! #yankees
— Scott (@scottconsentino) July 3, 2021
Maybe New York will take note of the complaints on Friday night and be quicker to call off Saturday’s game if the forecasted rain turns up.
The Yankees are 41-39 while sitting fourth in the AL East. They have lost six of their last 10 and are12-18 in their last 30 games.
Misery loves company, so at least Yankees fans can take heart in their rival’s struggling lately as well. While the Mets are first in the NL East, they’re 41-36 on the season. They’ve also gone 4-6 in their last 10 while going .500 across their last 30 games.
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