Denver Weather

Yes, and looking at what NWS has posted, I’d imagine they will more than likely get the game in. No question it will be miserable baseball weather, though. I wouldn’t look forward to a night of on and off precipitation and 19 degree lows. Brings back memories of a certain game last October…

Oddly, looks like it will be 65 and sunny by Tuesday in Denver. Go figure… is there any way we can blame Bud? Not making the appropriate sacrifices to the weather gods?

by Steve J on Oct 9, 2009 1:41 PM EDT reply actions

Weather in the 20s and precipitation

That makes for a horrible combination. I can’t imagine having to hit in that weather. At least the bats aren’t aluminum!

by David S. Cohen on Oct 9, 2009 1:45 PM EDT reply actions

This is ridiculous. It’s baseball, not football. There is no way a baseball game should be played in temperatures below 45 degrees unless it is in a dome. It’s unfair to the fans who get to watch a crappy product and its unfair to the players who put themselves at increased risk of injury.

by FuquaManuel on Oct 9, 2009 2:55 PM EDT reply actions

ill be there and im excited

And under 45 degree weather in a dome would be even dumber

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 9, 2009 3:03 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

How excited would you be to watch the game in torrential downpour like we did last year? The WBC screwed up this entire season and playing into November is ridiculous. Either shorten the season or shorten Spring Training.

by doubleh on Oct 9, 2009 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions

+1. This is just not a game designed to play or sit and watch sub-50 degrees. 154 game seasons. Doubleheaders. But fix it.

by Wet Luzinski on Oct 9, 2009 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions

And all the owners have already told Selig they won’t shorten the season because of revenues. So that leaves doubleheaders—do you think the players or owners would agree to more of these? Does it equal less revenue in the long run?

by doubleh on Oct 9, 2009 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions

Penalize cold weather teams for not having domes – no playoff games for them – pick neutral site warm weather places of teams with no chance to make the playoffs (you know, like ever team in the NL East but the phillies)

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by jemagee on Oct 9, 2009 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions

+1, but Selig would never do it.

by doubleh on Oct 9, 2009 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions

Of course not – because it’s a swfitian type proposition.

The only realistic solution is to require domes everywhere (cause the season is getting longer plus the cold weather games early in the season) – or move teams so they are all in temperate weather climates so weather is never an issue.

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by jemagee on Oct 9, 2009 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions

then we’ve gone through the looking glass, when we require domes to play an outdoor game.

A required retractable roof, maybe. But like that will ever happen at Fenway or Wrigley?

by Wet Luzinski on Oct 9, 2009 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions

REtractable roof is fine – but there are stadiums where it doesn’t get cold that a retractable roof would come in handy due to heat – like in texas.

I just meant some sort of ‘covering’ to account for bad weather…seriously, you’d have no rain outs, no make up games, all the games would get played and no one could bitch about weather

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by jemagee on Oct 9, 2009 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions

Roofs are expensive.

by taco pal on Oct 10, 2009 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions

In the long term you

A. attract more fans year round because you don’t have to worry about outside temps – bad weather – put up roof
B. Momentum (if you believe such a thing) isn’t delayed thus allowing your oponent to shuffle their rotation due to a snow storm.
C. don’t have to worry about fitting in make up games on off days which inconveniences everyone

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by jemagee on Oct 10, 2009 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions

Yes I understand that. But the point is not that the benefits can never outweigh the costs, the point is that this particular cost is very high and very substantial and so you need to take it into account. In fact, the cost is so high that it can only really be justified in a few cities where the weather poses a challenge all year round, like Miami or Houston. In cities that just have chilly autumns, it isn’t justifiable. You don’t spend over $100 million just because you might get a rainout or two (or snowout, as the case may be) in October.

by taco pal on Oct 11, 2009 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions

i agree something should be done

As the logic of the playoffs are infreed fundamentally flawed if the league champion is decided under conditions opposite of how the game was meant to be played or how it was played in the regular season. That said, I would be excited if I were somehow watching this game in a snowstorm, as I have yet to have the pleasure of watching a playoff game

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 9, 2009 4:19 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

I understand

Watching my Phils in the WS for the first time in forever last year far outweighed the inconvenience of possibly contracting pneumonia while waiting out a 3 hour rain delay and having the game end at 1:47am. However, I am insane for my teams.

Not everyone shares our passionate loyalty. MLB needs to be thinking more about the casual fan and how they can build more fans. The NFL knows how to do it.

by doubleh on Oct 9, 2009 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions

you think so?

I have long been confused about the nfls system. Play half the season in nice weather, half in bad. Then the playoffs can he completely manipulated by blizzards up to the super bowl, which then suddenly becomes too important for weather to be a factor.

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 9, 2009 4:29 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

No

I meant in terms of building a fanbase, not of where/how the game is played.

by doubleh on Oct 9, 2009 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions

ah - i missed the transition in your thought

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 9, 2009 6:41 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

There would be no wind chill, at least.

by taco pal on Oct 9, 2009 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions

If I’m not mistaken, they can turn the heat on in domes to a comfortable temperature. So it doesn’t really matter what temperature it is outside. Hence, “There is no way a baseball game should be played in temperatures below 45 degrees unless it is in a dome”.

by FuquaManuel on Oct 9, 2009 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions

I think he was poking fun at the awkward wording of your sentence.

by taco pal on Oct 9, 2009 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions

Ah. I see. Well, in that case, he is just a jerk.

by FuquaManuel on Oct 9, 2009 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Takes one to know one

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by jemagee on Oct 9, 2009 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions

Thank you for that, John. Don’t know what I’d do without you to keep me grounded.

by FuquaManuel on Oct 9, 2009 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Isn’t it a parents job to ground you – or are those time outs now?

Don't frack with me or you'll get a punch in the kidneys...you've been warned

by jemagee on Oct 9, 2009 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions

Daddy?

by FuquaManuel on Oct 9, 2009 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions

oh come now

I honestly wasn’t making fun of you. That’s what your statement seemed to suggest. Sorry for the misunderstanding

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein

by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 9, 2009 4:20 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Alright. No problem.

by FuquaManuel on Oct 9, 2009 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Time for a laugh

I thought it was funny.

by phillyinportland on Oct 10, 2009 3:45 AM EDT up reply actions

Weather protection

What kind of weather protection is allowed/available for baseball players? Football players have special gloves they can wear to catch and even throw when it’s very cold. Can baseball players have a glove on their throwing hand? Does such a thing exist? (I find it hard to believe it would be helpful, but is it allowed?) Is there a cold weather batting glove? A regular fielding glove with some kind of lining meant for cold weather?

by David S. Cohen on Oct 9, 2009 3:52 PM EDT reply actions

if they can turn the heat on in the dome then why would it be below 45 degrees?

by PhDave on Oct 9, 2009 3:53 PM EDT reply actions

Goddamn!

Unless the game is being played in a dome, baseball should not be played if it is below 45 degrees OUTSIDE.

Fuckers.

by FuquaManuel on Oct 9, 2009 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions

Deep breaths. Serenity now.

by taco pal on Oct 9, 2009 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions

If they have a dome why would they play outside?

by PhDave on Oct 10, 2009 1:14 AM EDT up reply actions

You’re cool.

by FuquaManuel on Oct 10, 2009 1:18 AM EDT up reply actions

Maybe itll get snowed out. Personally, I think thats the best case scenerio for us. Get out of the cold (for a day) and give Blanton another day of rest so he can maybe start.

by philiafan14364 on Oct 9, 2009 4:12 PM EDT reply actions

it is going to be crazy

by Whack8888 on Oct 9, 2009 4:15 PM EDT reply actions

just make sure cole hamels doesnt wear an undershirt

wherever he is

by char6587 on Oct 9, 2009 4:22 PM EDT reply actions

He’s not making the trip to Colorado. He’s staying behind with his newborn.

by doubleh on Oct 9, 2009 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Weakling! Womanly! We want Barrabbas… er Brett Myers!

by Steve J on Oct 9, 2009 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions

I don’t have an opinion on him staying behind, actually. It’s not as if he’ll pitch out there, so why go?

by doubleh on Oct 9, 2009 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Personally I'd rather play baseball in freezing temps than 30 mph wind, but maybe that's just me.

Alanna Rizzo is my dream girl.

by Cargo's Ball Sack5 on Oct 9, 2009 4:54 PM EDT reply actions

Forecast looking even better!

Saturday
Cloudy. Areas of fog with a chance of light freezing drizzle and snow in the morning…then a slight chance of snow in the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 30s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.

Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy. A 10 percent chance of snow in the evening. Lows around 18.

by David S. Cohen on Oct 9, 2009 10:45 PM EDT reply actions