It rained like crazy last night in Philly. Today’s forecast is continued awful with a major chance of more rain. And we have to ask, perhaps tongue-in-cheek: where is the outrage that Philadelphia doesn’t have a roof on its ballpark? Or is that reserved just for flyover land where it’s so impossibly cold that fancy people just couldn’t live there? It’s about 8 degrees warmer, on average, in Philadelphia than it is here in October. It’s about 4 degrees warmer in Boston in October than it is here. It rains more in Philly in October than it rains here, on average. In fact, it rains more in Boston, New York and many other cities than it does here in October and for the duration of an April-October baseball season that would include a World Series. It rains more than 25 inches in Philly during that span. It rains about 3 inches less here. So why don’t we cry and moan about the crazy October conditions there? Why is a roof here such a big deal? It’s really not that much different. In fact, some might say the rain on the East Coast makes it worse. It drives us crazy, if you didn’t notice.

The one silver lining: when Tampa Bay was able to slosh its way to the tying run last night, it delayed the inevitable. There are 13 U.S. markets with the four “major” professional sports. Philadelphia is still the one with the longest championship drought, going without a title since 1983. If the Phillies win, though, guess who claims the title? That’s right, the Twin Cities. Washington D.C. had a Super Bowl a few months after the Twins won the World Series in 1991. So that inglorious distinction could be all ours soon.

Fasola-link! The man loves himself some Muppets.

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