Rain In the Desert

Go figure. I didn't bother to change my wiper blades because it never rains in Arizona. Well, Murphy's Law showed its ugly face again. According to Tom Hardricourt of the Milwaukee Sentinel, it has rained the last three Sundays.

The veteran reporter explained the weather to me as we watched it rain from the press box at the Brewer's Maryvale Ball Park. "The have had more rain in the last three weeks than they have in an average year," Hardricourt said.

"The desert will be beutiful in a couple weeks with this rain," Dusty Baker said this morning. "But I hope it doesn't rain again. We're here to work."

The Brewers and Reds were rained out Sunday.

The pitchers need to pitch as close to their schedule as possible, so the Brewers agreed to a "B" game at 9:30 Mountain Time at Goodyear.

Homer Bailey will pitch two innings in that one.

Bronson Arroyo will start the regularly scheduled game against the Kansas City Royals at 1:00. He will be followed by the Cuban Hype Machine, Aroldis Chapman, who is expected to pitch two innings.