No Baseball!? WHAAAAT

He speaks for all of us.  Thankfully, the Mets were able to recover from the incident that caused this reaction  from Mr. Collins.  Will they be so lucky next time?  Tune in for today's doubleheader to find out!

Terry's motion up there pretty much mimicked mine when I logged onto mlb.com yesterday afternoon, a lazy Sunday with church already attended, my two-month old daughter asleep in her pack-and-play, and enough rain outside to get me out of mowing the lawn.  I was excited to watch Lincecum v. Gee, but didn't factor into my equation that if there was enough rain to get me out of my chores in Philadelphia, there was probably enough rain to postpone baseball in Queens.  My disappointment was tempered slightly when I found out that there would be a doubleheader today.  Doubleheaders are rarely positive for a team; they usually result in your bullpen being shot to hell for a week, a juggling of your starting pitchers, and the necessity to rest your veteran players in one of the games that you wouldn't ordinarily need if the games were played on separate days.  

However, what you get for all of these negatives is wonderful, a kind of baseball coma that you can slip into for about eight hours of your day.  The inning-by-inning grind becomes less abrasive and urgent, "eh, so the sixth didn't work out, we'll get 'em in the seventh" becomes "Eh, we'll get them in the second game," if it so happens that there is an early blowout in the first. 

There's also the chance that a doubleheader will result in the best-case scenario, a two-game sweep which will put a hop in your step as a fan for a week, or some really gaudy numbers, like a three-homer day for Ike Davis or 7 RBI from David Wright.  

I much prefer hearing that a rainout will be replaced by a doubleheader the following day than "Due to be made up on like August 10th of the year WHENEVER," because I hate messing with off days late in the season, and at this juncture of the young  season every game is precious as we shake off the gloomy malaise of winter.  By late summer, an off day is appreciated by fan and player alike, a reprieve from scoreboard watching and playoff pressures (may not apply to all teams).