Bees and Hawks rained out

Game Three of the Midwest League Championship Series got rained out last night. The Burlington Bees lead the South Bend Silver Hawks 2-0 in the best-of-five series.

They will try again today at 11:00am CDT/12:00pm EDT. Why so early? There is some college football game in South Bend later and the Hawks want to at least have some people at their game.

Nothing in the South Bend Tribune that I could find. The Hawkeye has a brief story about the postponement...w/ this little ray of sunshine:
The teams will attempt to play the game today at noon. Today's forecast, though, calls for an 80-90 percent chance of rain all day.
They do have a story on the man behind the plate for the Bees.

Catcher Ryan Eigsti has been a solid presence for the pitchers all season, and has played a big part in the Bees' success.
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Eigsti's defense, rapport with the pitchers and knowledge of the game are what make him invaluable.

The Peoria, Ill., native was drafted in the 15th round of the 2007 draft out of Bradley University where started two-plus years behind the plate. During his collegiate career, he was considered the best defensive catcher in the Missouri Valley Conference and some teams just stopped trying to steal against him.

Eigsti has played in 103 of the Bees games this season, throwing out 50 of the 160 runners who have attempted to steal on him. He has been a part of five double plays and has 12 passed balls.

"I don't know where we'd be without him," said Bees manager Brian Rupp. "There's other guys with the big numbers and everything else and a lot of what he does gets overlooked.

"He's been outstanding from day one. He does a great job calling games and works his tail off back there blocking balls. He just does unbelievable job back there."

Game Three is less than three hours away at this point...Maybe. Here is the weather for South Bend.