It wasn’t until after 3pm yesterday afternoon that the Nationals officially announced the postponement of their game with the Braves in the wake of the Navy Yard shootings. Before that there were a lot of mixed signals -- first Nats players and coaches were told to stay away from the park, then they were told to come and did show up -- with many people wondering how they could play a game in the wake of the nearby chaos.
Today Adam Kilgore and James Wagner report about the communications and decision making process that went into the postponement. It’s a good story that shows you just how complicated such decisions are.
Actually, not so much how complicated the decisions are -- I think, after a short time, everyone was on the same page -- but how complicated carrying out the decisions are.
