Baseball fans waited months for this moment, only for Mother Nature to step up to the plate and call the shots. Instead of watching Adley Rutschman crack homers and Gunnar Henderson flash leather, Camden Yards might end up drenched, lifeless, and utterly defeated. The long-anticipated Orioles-Red Sox showdown? It could be washed away—just like fans’ patience with the ever-unpredictable baseball gods.

Weather was the last thing left to cause trouble for MLB games, and now, even that can be scratched off the list. The Baltimore Orioles announced a change in the start time for their game against the Boston Red Sox.

On their X handle, the Baltimore Orioles stated, “After consultation with MLB, Monday’s Home Opener at The Yard has been moved to 2:35 p.m. from 3:05 p.m. due to forecasted inclement weather.” But this is not the first time such a decision had to be made regarding the games at Baltimore.

In 2023 April, the home opener against the New York Yankees had to be played a day later due to the severe weather forecast. A very similar thing happened in 2024 when a home game against the Blue Jays got postponed due to rain. That game was later played at Camden Park as a part of a double header. Some fans are ready to wait out the weather and see the game. Others, however, are not willing to tolerate even a half-hour delay.

The only thing that matters to them is that the game was moved up, and they didn’t want it to be. While some fans believe the game should have been moved earlier, others argue that was a mistake. They insist it should have started at the originally scheduled time.

But let’s be honest—no start time would have pleased everyone. In the true tradition of baseball, the real battle isn’t just on the field but in the endless debates among fans. Whether it’s 2:35, 3:05, or midnight under a thunderstorm, one thing is certain: Orioles fans will always find something to argue about. And maybe that’s the real Opening Day tradition.

Fans lose it after the Orioles push the starting time for the home opener

The first home game is always sacred. It’s the moment fans finally see Adley Rutschman behind the plate, Gunnar Henderson making magic at short, and Corbin Burnes firing fastballs. But instead of excitement, Orioles fans got frustrated—thanks to a decision that had nothing to do with baseball. Turns out, the biggest curveball came before the first pitch was even thrown.

The Baltimore Orioles fans are officially losing it. Not because their team got hit for 8 runs against the Blue Jays, they got their revenge for that, it is because their home opener against the Boston Red Sox is postponed. But only by half an hour and the fans are not ready to wait this time out. Instead of watching the team play, many of the fans are now scrambling their schedule to see the full game.

Looks like this fan was very thorough with the comment he has put up. When he says that the game should have been postponed by more time, he means it. No fan will want to go to the stadium and come back because rain wanted to make an appearance in the game. According to this fan, rain is bound to make an appearance and the chances of this game happening are getting slimmer as each second passes. And to make sure nobody calls him a liar, he made sure to pull into the comment section with full proof.

This fan talks about the uncertainty the Baltimore weather has. Even though the forecast may show you that it will rain, Mother Nature has a fun way of playing games with us. 2 years ago, against the Yankees the same forecast was given and nothing happened. Not a single drop of water fell from the clouds and the whole game was pushed to a further day. So that half-hour delay is more than enough and if it does rain they can at least cancel the game and play it on a sunny day.

While one Orioles fan doesn’t want the game to be postponed a whole day, this fan does not want to take any risk. Neither does she want to get wet nor does she want the players and other fans to get wet. The fan wants to take a safer and more cautious approach to the first home game and want to enjoy it fully unlike what happened with the Angels game on Sunday.

This shows the amount of relief this fan felt when he got to know that the game was only postponed by half an hour and not a full day. A place where the first home game is everything for the fans, the Orioles didn’t want to disappoint them. And according to this fan they surely didn’t.

But in the grand tradition of baseball, you can’t please everyone. Some fans wanted more delay, some wanted none, and some just wanted Mother Nature to mind her own business. In the end, the Orioles split the difference—because if there’s one thing more unpredictable than Baltimore weather, it’s the opinions of Orioles fans.