Rain is Coming

Things are not looking great for tonight's game. While you are waiting for the game to start, head over to the Texas Ranger's blog for the Dallas Morning News to read my answers to some questions on the Red Sox and the upcoming series.

Radar image is below:

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More Rain in the Forecast

Things are looking pretty iffy for tonight's game in the Bronx. After last night's mess look for the Yankees to make the call early...who am I kidding, Hank needs to sell more $11 beer, look for them screwing this one up too. The hard rain is supposed to start after midnight so if they do play it will be in less than ideal conditions.

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Rain in the Forecast

The Red Sox may have to wait another day for their first game at Yankee Stadium by the way it looks right now. There may be a big enough window to get the game in but expect a delay. Check out the radar below:

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Delay Likely, Rainout Possible

It's not looking good for tonight's game at the Fens.

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Say It Ain't So

The offseason holds on for one more day.
Opening Day is rescheduled for 4:05 p.m. Tuesday.

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Mother Nature: "Psyche!"

That's just the way it goes in baseball sometimes.

Baseball gets rain delays and postponements. Football? Phpffphtt! No way! (Don't forget they only play 16 regular season games.) Baseball is different. Even the parks are of different dimensions from one to the next. But one of the biggest differences is that 2 teams could play 4 & 1/2 innings, and if the umpires and Mother Nature deemed it so, that partial game could be completely wiped off the books and started over again. Can you imagine the ugly howl that would have emanated from the bowels of the Evil Empire had the rain continued last night, wiping out a Yankee 13-4 lead?! Ol' dumbass Hank would have complained to the commissioner, weather.com, the governor, GW, and Jesus Christ himself had the umps called last nights game! You don't hear the Sox whining about resuming play or why it rained today and didn't rain enough last night.

Given the history between these two team, a thought did cross the back of my mind when the Sox had scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th and were threatening to score more. I thought, "I suppose it is within the realm of possibility that the Sox could score 15 runs in one inning." (I wonder how many Yank fans were thinking the same thing~ grin/snicker/chuckle.) A basketball team could be down by 15 points with 45 seconds left on the clock and you know there is no way to make up the difference (unless the opposition walks off the court.) In football, you could be down by 15 with less than a 45 seconds to go and the same scenario ensues. But in baseball, highly unlikely as it may be, it still could happen. Actually, the Sox scored 17 runs in one inning against Detroit on 18 June, 1953, 7th inning. (This being the MLB record of the modern era.)

These are just some of the differences that make this such a great game.

And that's just the way it goes in baseball.

(Get used to it, Hank.)

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This Could Be A Long One

It has been raining on and off at Fenway and showers are forecast throughout the evening. They should be able to get the game in but there will be delays.

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Rainout Possible Tonight

It is raining in Cincy and the forecast is for more rain so it may be difficult to get tonight's game in.

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Rain is Coming

It is going to be tough to get in the game tonight against the Brewers with the constant rain forecast for Fenway. Check out the radar below. Lineups coming soon.

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