Irma weighs heavily on Rays, Marlins, MLB

Hurricane Irma was barreling its way up Florida’s Gulf Coast on Sunday, just as the Tampa Bay Rays were making their way to their temporary “home” at Citi Field in Queens. Today the Rays will begin what in ordinary times would be considered a pivotal three-game series against the Wild Card-leading Yankees. But for the Rays, for the Miami Marlins and for anybody with personal ties or friends or family in Florida or other areas in Irma’s path, the hurricane has made many things that once felt important suddenly seem trivial.