Sun 4/16 @ White Sox -- Will they play?

[Spy Fox]

 

[justD]

While waiting for the game to start, WBAL radio just played a cool interview with Steve Pearce, from 2020.

Not sure how a guy can be a World Series MVP and be a virtual unknown, but seems like Pearce is that guy.  

It was a good interview, but now they're doing talk radio classic segments.  Nope.  Hope I don't miss the start, if they do come back to play today. 

[ChuckS]

Looking like it should clear up in the next 30 min to an hour and we should get baseball. 

[Winter]

looks like it'll be raining until at least 345

[Aristotelian]

Too bad it couldn't have gotten started after an inning or two to get Cease out of the game early. 

[Morgan423]

They'll play this one today, even if the weather surprises and pushes the start out later than expected. 

The O's can't make it up during their trip vs the Cubs in June, as the White Sox will be out of town in Seattle that weekend.  O's have off at the end of that series on Monday June 19th, but the WS do not, and would have to play a multi-team double header vs. the O's and Rangers that day to make it work, which feels logistically impossible. 

And yes, both teams have this Thursday off, but the O's have a mini-series in DC Tuesday/Wednesday and a home stand starting Friday.  They aren't flying back to the region, then back to Chicago for one game, then back to Baltimore, that'd be ridiculous.

Edited April 16, 2023 by Morgan423

[Fiver6565]

12 minutes ago, Morgan423 said:

They'll play this one today, even if the weather surprises and pushes the start out later than expected. 

The O's can't make it up during their trip vs the Cubs in June, as the White Sox will be out of town in Seattle that weekend.  O's have off at the end of that series on Monday June 19th, but the WS do not, and would have to play a multi-team double header vs. the O's and Rangers that day to make it work, which feels logistically impossible. 

And yes, both teams have this Thursday off, but the O's have a mini-series in DC Tuesday/Wednesday and a home stand starting Friday.  They aren't flying back to the region, then back to Chicago for one game, then back to Baltimore, that'd be ridiculous.

I think they’ll play today but that Thursday scenario doesn’t seem all that outlandish to me. The flight to Chicago isn’t that crazy long, not like it’s on the west coast or something.   Not ideal but no less crazy than flying to Chicago for one game at any other point later this season. 

[Spy Fox]

A side effect of the more balanced schedule may be a bit more difficulty rescheduling rainouts, since there's a higher number of unique cities visited per team, and lower amount of repeat visits to the same-division cities. 

[eddie83]

 

[mrbig1]

it's either watch the game or spend time with my girlfriend. please play baseball.  

[SteveA]

20 minutes ago, Spy Fox said:

A side effect of the more balanced schedule may be a bit more difficulty rescheduling rainouts, since there's a higher number of unique cities visited per team, and lower amount of repeat visits to the same-division cities. 

I was about to post the exact same thing but Spy Fox beat me to it and is 100% correct.  An unintended consequence of the new schedule is that rainouts will be harder to make up.

[Yossarian]

23 minutes ago, mrbig1 said:

it's either watch the game or spend time with my girlfriend. please play baseball.  

You could at least spend 2 minutes with your girlfriend. 

[FlaO'sFan]

Quick first inning. We'll be lucky to get a hit off this guy.

[Fiver6565]

Really hoping to get an opportunity to see the Grayson we’ve been hearing about for the last five years today. 

[Winter]

Just now, Fiver6565 said:

Really hoping to get an opportunity to see the Grayson we’ve been hearing about for the last five years today. 

not off to a rockin start