Fans, Media React to Yankees-Guardians ALDS Game 5 Postponement

The weather gods were not on the baseball’s side, and people had plenty to say about it.

As the old saying goes: You can plan a pretty Game 5 of the ALDS, but you can’t predict the weather (or something like that).

Rain wiped away Monday night’s do-or-die elimination game in the Bronx, with the Yankees and Guardians forced to try again Tuesday. The two teams were originally slated to begin the game at 7:07 p.m. ET and waited over two hours before officially throwing in the towel. This is the second game to be postponed this series after Game 2 was pushed from Thursday to Friday.

Game 5 is now slated for Tuesday at 4:07 p.m. ET, and the postponement throws the schedule into a further crunch. The winner will have to fly to Houston for Game 1 of the ALCS, which is set for Wednesday at 7:37 p.m. ET.

Breaking: Guardians vs. Yankees has been rained out 🌧

ALDS Game 5 has been rescheduled for 4:07 p.m. (ET) tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/a5Cw9jVuNI

— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) October 18, 2022

Unsurprisingly, fans who had been anticipating the game to start and waiting for hours on end were not pleased with the result, even if the likelihood of a postponement was relatively high given the day’s forecast. Fans at Yankee Stadium showed up early and stayed throughout all the delays and announcements, and those who were gearing up to watch from home were similarly disappointed and took to social media to let out their frustrations. Check out some of the best reactions below:

RIP to all the fans buying beers for the last 4-plus hours waiting out the rain 🤭 https://t.co/LHAiacdXyh

— Daniel Gaona (@DanielGaona13) October 18, 2022

Gates opened to fans at 5 pm. The Yankees and MLB announced at 6:20 pm that the scheduled 7pm game would start in a delay. There were no official updates between the announcement of the delay and the announcement of the postponement at 9:35 pm. Awful.

— Lindsey Adler (@lindseyadler) October 18, 2022

lmao. Yankees finally announce to fans that tonight's game is banged, fans start booing, and PA system immediately starts playing "New York, New York"

— Deesha (@DeeshaThosar) October 18, 2022

Yankees fans after finding out the game got postponed pic.twitter.com/2sIGnqpCRX

— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) October 18, 2022

Broke: Yankees should have paid for Harper

Woke: Yankees should have paid for Machado

Bespoke: Yankees should have paid for a roof

— Nick Stellini (@StelliniTweets) October 18, 2022

The best-of-five ALDS is now tied: Yankees 2, Guardians 2, Rain 2.

— Anthony Castrovince (@castrovince) October 18, 2022

yankees trying to make us watch the broncos in the primetime spot for yet another week pic.twitter.com/Dm5PmWenfn

— Jordan Cicchelli 🤍 (@jordancicchelli) October 18, 2022

We’re like 10 minutes away from mlb quietly ushering the yankees onto a plane to houston and seeing if anyone notices

— Yusuf Ahmed (@YusufAhmed) October 18, 2022

I have a perfect solution for the MLB/weather delay. Cancel the game. Merge the two teams. The Yankee Guardians will take on the Astros. Pick the best players for each position. Have plenty of backups. What are the Astros going to do about it? Complain about cheating?

— Jim (@Jimeni79) October 18, 2022

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