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The issue isn't getting the game postponed, it's the rescheduling of the game. For that one needs a good set of rules of how to govern how and when games are rescheduled. That's not so easy. It's also complicated by the fact that the majors and minors have different rescheduling practices (MLB postponed games are most often rescheduled as part of a day-night, separate admission doubleheader or on a common off day, while in the minors it's almost always done as a conventional doubleheader, with each game only lasting 7 innings).
Also, the rate of postponement historically wasn't just based on the weather. Over the years the quality of fields and groundskeeping has improved, as well as changes to various rules which controlled how and when games could be called off and when they could be made up.
I agree with the idea that postponements would be a nice thing to see added, it adds a more dynamic feel to the game world, but getting the feature in and working properly would require some work.
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