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St. Louis vs Boston...are both those parks open air? without a dome? October 23? I hope it snows on them..
.. The idiots have pushed it back to ...make more money....could be as bad as April...Money Rules. !!
(added later).. coldest weather in World Series and weather tonight:
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David Epstein, World Series
Showers stay south for game 1 of the World Series
Posted by David Epstein October 23, 2013 02:00 PM
http://www.boston.com/news/weather/weather_wisdom/2013/10/colder_weather_here_for_the_wo.html
"In the past 40 years, the coldest World Series I could find was back on October 22nd 1997 when the Florida Marlins played Game 4 against the Cleveland Indians weather more conducive to skiing than baseball. At first pitch, the temperature was 38 degrees with a wind chill of 18 degrees. Snow flurries fell throughout the game and there were even patches of ice on the field."
gopiscrap
(23,765 posts)but you need to remind yourself, it's all about money. BTW I don't think there should be any privately owned sports teams. If the city that you ply your trade in, fronts a billion stadium, then it should be the cities team, no private sports ownership. Let the city make the profit. Most sport team owner are a bunch of conservative Neanderthal assholes to being with. Why let them wedge themselves into municipal dialogue?
hack89
(39,171 posts)Before that they were starting after 10 October for decades - for example the 1987 WS started 17 Oct.
Tree-Hugger
(3,370 posts)And no snow. I do not want to listen to my husband whine if his team can't play because of snow.
B2G
(9,766 posts)Chilly? Probably.
Stuart G
(38,449 posts)Some games in April do get snowed out. I don't recall World Series games though.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Playoffs have expanded (although still flawed IMO), and the MLBPA years ago put curbs on how many regular season games the league could schedule in x number of days without a day off..
Initech
(100,105 posts)Just sayin'!
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Initech
(100,105 posts)Glad it's over and I really hope the owners don't go spending like drunken sailors trying to get Robinson Cano or some other crazy hitter we don't need.
Initech
(100,105 posts)Stuart G
(38,449 posts)They have not moved it to some special place...you know..like the Super Bowl
The games are in the homes of the winning teams..no matter what the weather is, or where the stadiums are or what the condition of the stadiums are. They have not changed that, and good for them. And. that allows people in the cities that host the games to get tickets. that is a good thing. I wonder what they cost???
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)God forbid they forego the slightest dollar of TV revenue.