Smoky day game rescheduling?

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

22 minutes ago, Billy F-Face3 said:

It's 211 AQI in Baltimore right now.

If there isn’t an improvement in AQI tomorrow there’s a good chance this game is postponed. 

[forphase1]

26 minutes ago, Billy F-Face3 said:

Would any of you guys cut your grass in an AQI of 150-200 if you didn't absolutely have to? 

I'm finding this situation with the air quality to be a nuisance, but it is a valid concern.

Yes.   I was out working all evening with quality around 165 and certainly absolutely didn't have to.   I think some of this is being quite overrated, but that's a discussion for another time.   As it relates to the Os playing, I hope it doesn't cause any cancelations.

[CharmCityHokie]

46 minutes ago, SteveA said:

So how does today compare to Baltimore area June 4-8?   I was out of town that week so today was really the first time I have encountered this.  By the time I got back on Friday the 9th, it had subsided.

I know the Nats postponed a game because of it while I was out in Las Vegas.   Phillies too?

I don't know what it's like in Baltimore currently, but I was in DC when the Nats postponed their game and honestly line-of-sight vision was low, the haze was settling, I can understand why they cancelled the game even if you don't consider the health factors, 60 feet, 6 inches away would have been hard enough to see a ball coming, much less an outfielder trying to catch a high pop up. This, at least what I've seen around here, is less than earlier in June.

Edit: Also, I just want to add, I spent over a decade as a volunteer firefighter, so I know smoke when I smell it and see it, and that first week of June was not good.

Edited June 30, 2023 by CharmCityHokie

[hydropups]

They should do whatever they have to for the game and players, but whatever they do, they better not cancel my DJ Diesel concert!

[OriolesMagic83]

59 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

If there isn’t an improvement in AQI tomorrow there’s a good chance this game is postponed. 

Don't say that. I 'm planning to go.

[OriolesMagic83]

Damn Blue Jays!  I blame this on them. 

[Billy F-Face3]

3 minutes ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

Damn Blue Jays!  I blame this on them. 

Blame Canada! Kenny set himself on fire.

 

[OriolesMagic83]

Have there been any other mlb games cancelled other than the Nats game?

[Brian88]

2 minutes ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

Have there been any other mlb games cancelled other than the Nats game?

There weren’t any games cancelled today and the Baysox and Ironbirds both played home games today, I think tomorrows game will be fine. 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

21 minutes ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

Don't say that. I 'm planning to go.

This is Justin Berk's AQI forecast for Friday. It's better than today, but I don't know how MLB decides this. Good thing there wasn't a game scheduled today because it's certainly postponed.

Air Quality Forecast: Smoke Filled Air Forecast To Improve This Weekend

Edited June 30, 2023 by OsFanSinceThe80s

[OriolesMagic83]

Where there any games cancelled in New York when it was at it's worst?  I saw pictures where you couldn't see NYC from New Jersey.

[Jskins2190]

1 hour ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

Where there any games cancelled in New York when it was at it's worst?  I saw pictures where you couldn't see NYC from New Jersey.

Yes. Yankees and Phillies both postponed games on the same night.

[sevastras]

I am from MD but have lived in the west for 20ish years. Idaho, Wyoming and Montana can get very bad from wild fires. Judging from what I have seen, you guys will be fine. When you walk outside and it looks like dusk in the middle of the day and you can smell the smoke and it is orange, then maybe you don’t want to be out. Los Ángeles is probably an air quality index of 250 all of the time without wild fires(I am exaggerating but it is always bad there).

[Satyr3206]

I live in S Carolina an I smelled smoke here tonight. And we don't have any local fires.

[drdelaware]

I took a light run yesterday with no issues.  My wife went with me who has asthma.  No problems.  If anything it felt good without the oppressive heat.  Not saying whether they should play or not play tonight, but the conditions don’t effect everyone even though they are less than ideal for sure.  The problem is there is no wind and the air is stagnant.

Edited June 30, 2023 by drdelaware