On 19 Apr 97, CHRIS OGNIBEN was hit by a Mark Wohlers fastball, and then 
id:
 CO>    I seen a bit of a game that was played in the rain and at that new
 CO> stadium for the Braves with the high tech drainage system that drains
 CO> away water from the grass keeping the dirt dry and the grass dry.
 CO> Sure is a cool system and i was able to get a complete run down of all
 CO> it's systems and how it was constructed.  But i am sure sooner or later
 CO> that mother nature will prove that they just can't win in preventing
 CO> stoppage of a game due to rain.
It's not designed to eliminate stoppage of games due to rain.  It's designed 
to lessen and shorten those stoppages, so all you have to worry about is the 
rain itself and not the field.  Of course, the best drainage system in the 
world can still only handle so much water, but again, the idea is not to 
eliminate stoppages, only to reduce them.
 CO> Though i am a Cardinal fan, that i feel pretty low not supporting the
 CO> Cardinals all the way through to the world series last season.  I really
 CO> thought i should have done so, but, instead i just saw that the Braves
 CO> seemed to be a team that had the ability to beat the Yankees.  And i was
 CO> very wrong to think that since i betrayed the team that i am a fan of.
Looks like you were more right than wrong.  The Cards couldn't even beat the 
Braves, with a 3-1 lead, so it's doubtful they could have handled the Yankees 
any better than the Braves did.
 CO> And at the same time the Braves disappointed me in failing to defeat the
 CO> Yankees in the world series. So in the end the Braves got to get my
 CO> attention again before i ever root for them to win the world series.
So in other words, you're a fair-weather fan, and root for teams only when 
you think they'll probably win.  I rooted for the Braves when they were 
losing 100 games a year.
... Atlanta Braves - 1995 World Series Champions!
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