Rain tonight during Angels-Yankees Game 6? Fugetaboutit!

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Umpires aren’t the only ones making bad calls in these playoffs. The weather people aren’t getting much right either.

At midday in New York a slight drizzle was falling, enough to require an umbrella but probably not enough to hold off a baseball playoff game on national television. And certainly nothing like what most forecasters had predicted.

Plus, temperatures are in the high 60s, not nearly as uncomfortable as the conditions for Games 1 and 2 of the American League Championship Series last week when there was slight rain and the wind chill was in the low 40s.

Temperatures are forecast to remain in the 60s tonight. And though more and heavier rains are predicted, the skies appear to be clearing. So although there may be some rain later tonight -- and the weather people say there’s a 90% chance of that -- it probably won’t be enough to halt the game.

And don’t forget last week’s dire forecast, which called for weather so bad people began gathering animals by the pair and building arks. In reality, just a slight drizzle fell for a short period in Game 2, barely enough rain to make the grass moist.

-- Kevin Baxter