On a sunny day Pittsburgh is one of America’s prettiest cities. One hundred years ago that wasn’t the case. The people in Pittsburgh didn’t know what a sunny day was like. The city was the home to a number of steel mills that operated around the clock and poured copious amounts of smoke into the atmosphere. When Mother Nature decided to lend a hand, as she did on October 15, 1925, the dreariness could be overwhelming.

October 15 was the day the seventh game of the World Series was slated in Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field. Actually, Game Seven had been scheduled for the previous afternoon, but a steady rain had forced a postponement. The weather was no better on the 15th, but Commissioner Kennesaw Mountain Landis ordered the game to proceed. The two best teams in baseball were ordered to play t

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