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Nearly five hours before the scheduled first pitch and even before the tarp was placed across the Busch Stadium infield, Major League Baseball decided to postpone Game 6 of World Series given the forecasts of steady rains expected all night.

The Texas Rangers, who lead the World Series 3-2, and the St. Louis Cardinals will resume action Thursday evening at 8:05 p.m. ET.

1. The safe call

That the game was called early, before any meaningful precipitation had fallen, was a gamble Major League Baseball decided was worth taking. League executive vice president for baseball operations Joe Torre said the league consulted local and national weather forecasts, which by early afternoon had downgraded the amount of rain from heavy to moderate, but that the primary consideration was making sure that the game was played to completion, rather than...

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