The Yankees are finally underway in Chicago in Game 2 of their dual-admission doubleheader with the White Sox, and I was kind of hoping the nightcap would get rained out.

It would have served the Sox (and Yankees) right for doing what all the teams do now when a doubleheader is appropo—split up the games and make a ton of money at the gate, not to mention on parking, etc.

See, if the Yanks and Sox played a regular twinbill to make up last night’s rainout, maybe they would have gotten the second game in before the rain came again. But they waited, for the money, and nearly had Game 2 rained out.

They do it all the time now. Instead, though, the Sox got a rain delay, which is horrible for fans but a gold mine for teams. It’s bad for fans getting drenched in the stadium and soaked at the concession stands, and those here on the East Coast waiting for the scheduled 8 p.m. game to start at nearly 9:30, meaning it won’t be over until well past midnight, likely close to 1 a.m., and meaning that many of us won’t see the end of the game, even if we somehow make it through the middle innings.

The rain delay is a dream for the owners, though. They open up the ballpark. So first of all, fans pay for parking, which is non-refundable even if the game is washed out. Second, fans are held hostage in the stadium—sometimes even though there is no chance the game will be played—where they buy food and drink and souvenirs and ponchos and umbrellas and more beer and hot dogs. The longer the delay, the more the cash registers ring. Simple as that. That’s why, once the park is open, they’ll wait for hours before calling off a game.

Big league teams (the bean-counters, not the players) love rain delays. It’s a disgusting dollar grab. But we should be used to it by now.