After the postponing of the Cleveland Indians early-season match-up against the Seattle Mariners due to excessive snowfall, you have to wonder why the game was scheduled for a city that could expect snow this time of year in the first place.

Why does MLB keep scheduling first week games in cities where inclement weather is still a possibility? Even collegiate baseball, with nowhere near the fanbase of MLB, seems to grasp this concept with the majority of northern teams heading south for their early season games.

Why have all the Red Sox, Indians, Tigers, Yankees and Twins not started the season down South to prevent this? Or, in Cleveland’s case, play in Seattle where they have a retractable roof? The only plausible issue is that fans would not see their team play until the 10th game of the season. But, the reality is, most of us would rather not see our team play the first 10 games of the season live than sit outside in 22-degree weather in snowsuits and mittens and watch our beloved team try to tough it out through the snowfall.

When we think baseball, we think America’s favorite pastime full of warm sunny days, hot dogs, green grass and the infamous crack of the bat – not snow shovels and 22 degree weather. Take a lesson from the college boys, MLB-and fly south for the winter.