The Goldeyes were rained out Monday night. The 15-5, first-place Fish were scheduled to face the Gary SouthShore RailCats but... well, we all know what the weather was like, no sense beating that to death.
There was a time when Goldeyes manager Rick Forney used to worry about rainouts. For one thing, it could mess up his pitching rotation. For another, if his team was on a roll, he didn’t want it to stop.
This year, however, Forney sees the rain and just shrugs.
“To have a number of rainouts when you’re trying to get into a routine can be hard,” Forney said, shortly after the umpires agreed to call Monday’s game. “But this doesn’t change anything for us. We have two games off this weekend, and that’s very rare, so I don’t have to change anything. Under normal circumstances, this might be a bad thing, but not this year.”
The Fish have won three-straight games, eight of their last 10 and 15 of their first 20. One might think Forney would be unhappy with a rainout putting a halt to his team’s roll, but as long as he’s winning, he doesn’t seem to think a day off will hurt anybody.
“Some people believe that rainouts help teams that are losing, but I don’t believe that,” Forney said. “When you’re struggling, the last thing you want to do is just sit around thinking about losing. If you’re in a slump and you’re not playing, you’re thinking about all the bad things.
“Fortunately, we’re winning and whether or not we’re rained out or we’re still playing, we have the guys on this team who are capable of handling any situation. This is a good team, it’s a good clubhouse. I’m not concerned about a rainout or a double-header. Whatever. We’ll be fine.”
Well, he got the rainout, now he gets the double-header. The Fish and RailCats will play a twinbill – two seven-inning games – Tuesday night at Canwest Park beginning at 6:00.
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