Damage Control

After reading Melissa's post from yesterday, I immediately thought of Monday's World Series game. The Phillies/Rays game was suspended half-way through the sixth inning on Monday due to a torrential downpour in Philadelphia. Many questions were raised after the game was called:

"Why did they wait until half-way through the sixth inning?"
"The game should have been called earlier, why did they do this to the Phillies?"
"The team was playing in puddles, why didn't they call the game when the knew the weather wasn't going to clear up?"

There were many baseball fans up in arms about this situation on Monday night. MLB Commissioner Bud Selig and the umpires from the game held a press conference after the suspension was called. Selig got many criticisms after the game was called on countless blogs, websites and news sites.

This all leads into damage control. Some of the things Selig said made it seem as if he was trying to steal the game from the Phillies. How will this be fixed? In the world of PR, you would need to tell your client to come out and re-explain what they had said earlier. This way, it doesn't seem like they're saying something other than what they had really said.

Read all about it on MLB.com! Let's finish this game tonight, Phils!