Don't normalize it.

You know, just don't ever accept it as being something that's okay.

It's not, no matter what recent history tells you. Good morning to you. Good. Friday morning. I'm Dan Kovachewicz

of D.K. Pittsburgh Sports. This is daily shot of pirates. It comes your way bright and early every

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that you found this. Astros 8, Pirates 2, I should say this morning at PNC Park, considering

the ridiculous three hour and 22 minute delay to start the game for alleged weather when there really wasn't much.

They could have played the game.

This whole practice in general, this should be an entire episode unto itself of whether it's teams, umpires, major league baseball, somebody needs to get control of it.

That starting pitching is just so precious that you can't start the game and then risk losing a few innings of the starter.

Give me a break.

Give me a break.

Go out there and play ball whenever you're supposed to play ball.

If the skies are clear, play ball.

If it starts raining, pull the tarp out.

If the pitcher doesn't return, too bad.

I'm sorry, but if I buy a ticket, listen, I'm turning this into an episode on this all by itself.

If I'm buying a ticket, I've got my family there, my kids there.

I don't want to be chased out of there by some super long rain

delay. It's so bad. And I totally get why people get rankled by it. It's not just that you're

sitting there through a delay. It's you're sitting there through an absolutely pointless delay.

They could have played the

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