Rich Dubroff

Midday Mailbag: Who’ll stop those Orioles’ rain delays?

Every weekday, I’ll be answering at least one Orioles question, sometimes more. If you’d like to submit a question, send it to: Rich@BaltimoreBaseball.com. Questions may be edited for clarity, length and style.

Question: Who decides how long a rain delay may last? Five hours seems not to be in the best interest of players or fans. From: Barbara McCann

Answer: Barbara, last Wednesday’s rain delay was excessive. However, if it was postponed, there was the real chance that the game couldn’t have been made up until September, which wouldn’t be in the best interest of players or fans, either.

With the current schedule, it’s sometimes difficult to find mutual offdays for makeups that don’t require a great amount of extra travel.

There is no rule on how long teams can wait, and fortunately, the Orioles did offer fans a voucher for another game.

Question: The Orioles’ Triple-A Norfolk team is loaded.  How do you think the Triple-A team would fare in full season against major league teams? From: Rick Millward

Answer: Rick, I don’t think they would fare very well. While they have some outstanding prospects — Jackson Holliday, Heston Kjerstad, Coby Mayo, Connor Norby and Kyle Stowers — those prospects are hitting against minor league pitching. Conversely, Norfolk allowed 11 runs when they scored 26 and 10 runs last Friday, and that would indicate they’d allow more against major league hitters.

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Rich Dubroff

Rich Dubroff grew up in Brooklyn as a fan of New York teams, but after he moved to Baltimore, quickly adopted the Orioles and Colts. After nearly two decades as a freelancer assisting on Orioles coverage for several outlets, principally The Capital in Annapolis and The Carroll County Times, Dubroff began covering the team fulltime in 2011. He spent five years at Comcast SportsNet’s website and for the last two seasons, wrote for PressBoxonline.com, Dubroff lives in Baltimore with his wife of more than 30 years, Susan.

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