Cleveland — Go back to May 19. The Tigers were coming to bat against the Athletics, trailing 5-3 in the seventh inning, when the grounds grew abruptly came out and started putting the tarp on the field. Nick Castellanos stood on the top step of the dugout, arms raised in frustration and disbelief.
It hadn’t yet started to rain and the game was three outs from being complete. Castellanos was furious.
Now flash ahead to Monday. Castellanos was up, 3-0 count, no rain falling and again the game was stopped when the tarp was hastily spread over the infield.