Rain keeps falling, we keep waiting
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on May 18, 2010 
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It’s still raining here at Yankee Stadium. The tarp is still on the field and we’re still waiting for any sort of announcement about the game.
Based strictly on looking at the field, I would say there’s no way they can play this baseball game. But I’ve also seen a radar that’s promising and I’ve heard some speculation of a window opening around 7:30.
If I heard anything solid, I’ll post it to the blog. Until then, we’re stuck waiting.
UPDATE, 6:58 p.m.: I kid you not, the Yankees just now announced that the game will not be starting on time. Still no announced starting time.
Think I heard the same “they wont play” talk at the Detroit game…………. and they played
LGY May 18th, 2010 at 6:47 pm
According to Peter, the Yankees were “furious” with Beckett in Fenway.
I guess their press quotes didn’t really line up with how they felt
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There’s a shock.
Do I watch last night’s Castle or Law and Order……………
moving to the couch!
Uncle Ellsworth May 18th, 2010 at 6:46 pm
is that why there was a discussion about it a few weels ago? I just thought it was blog fluff
is he from bay area?
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I’m not 100% sure, but I think he is.
Yanks should have cancelled this game 2 hours ago. It’s wrong to drag the fans out to the stadium, delay the game then cancel it.
RT @YankeesWeather: The start time has been delayed. Once the start time information becomes available, it will be posted.
Patrick,
The fans need to man up and take their skirts off!
At least an hour
-MLB Network
“Again, why are the Yankees insisting on playing this game? They have a zillion injuries and a very short pen……….sheesh.”
Maybe it has to do with trying to avoid Pettitte batting in CitiField? I know some have suggested that on here.
I agree, Patrick, but they seem bound and determined to play for some reason.
It stopped raining here in White Plains. But it is pretty windy.
I hate to say it but I wouldn’t be surprised if the Yankees already know they aren’t playing this game. Just get the fans out there to buy concessions while they wait then cancel the game in an hour or two.
Decide something fast. It is not worth playing this waiting game
I want to get this game in.
Here’s hoping for a window of opportunity
At least an hour per MLB Network.
Patrick
I dont have a problem with that. More money they make, the better!
Just curious. Do the employees scheduled to work that night get paid if the game is cancelled?
Or do they just make up that missed pay day at the make up game?
Patrick,
I would be interested to read your theory about
the assassination of JFK and the magic bullet theory
Also, the Red Sox have to fly out of NY to play somewhere, whether it be at home or on the road.
So if we keep the Sox longer, it will make them more tired.
While we get to stay home tomorrow.
I had batters eye seats tonight and said no way they would play. hope i don’t have to eat those.
“it has to do with showing people respect, as you would or should in real life. you wouldnt or shouldnt attack a person in real life, why do it over the internet?”
I’m in no way supporting this Richard clown, but this has got to be the most hypocritical thing ever posted on this blog.
All you ever do is attack people.
It’s your thing…
I understand its frustrating that the Yankees wait to call the game, but you cant just say theyre doing it JUST for money purposes ( parking, concessions, etc). Joe and the players want to get this game in cause they dont want to have to play a DH later in the year or waste an off day. Bad weather happens and we just gotta deal
Yanks obviously don’t care if they lose CC or someone gets hurt. Otherwise, they would have canceled the game by now.
The weather is not going to improve at all, even if it does, the rain will start again and starters will be stopped and we have to use the pen/
NOTHING good will come from today, nothing. Best we can hope for are 5 quick innings in the book (though with these 2 teams, it will take 2.5 hours to get that accomplished), with a lead, then the game is called.
They are taking an awful risk playing this game…
Warning Track
Im not really into conspiracies outside of the sports world, but the magic bullet theory is just ridiculous. Clearly a coverup, IMO.
It takes time for George Costanza to call all of the ticket holders and tell them the game’s rained out.
Sox play Minnesota at home the next 2 nights.
A short plane trip up to Boston for them.
Rescheduling a baseball game is a BIG deal. Teams by policy will exhaust all reasonable options and windows to have a game played on the date scheduled.
CR9
I didn’t ask you
They are trying to playing this game because its rumored that Josh Beckett will melt if gotten wet.
Patrick,
I would be interested to read your theory about the assassination of JFK and the magic bullet theory
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Snape killed JFK
Just expanding on my question above.
If the employees do not get paid if the game is cancelled before the gates open, it could possibly be more cost effective to cancel earlier.
If they have to pay all these employees and then cancel the game a couple hours later, they may not be turning a profit.
Per My9 — rain is tapering off, just a “patchy drizzle” expected in the Bronx as the night moves along.
if the game is not played tonight, i will be forced
to watch alternate programming.
regarding the employees at the stadium-
i would venture to guess the are paid an hourly wage.
nobody works for free up in the bronx, LOL
Per Pete Abe -
UPDATE, 6:41 p.m.: It’s pouring now. The Yankees, meanhwhile, have four security guys standing in the monsoon guarding the field. Never mind that there’s not a living soul in the lower section of stands. Now there’s a bad job.
“Yanks obviously don’t care if they lose CC or someone gets hurt. Otherwise, they would have canceled the game by now.
They are taking an awful risk playing this game…”
So you’re premise is the Yankees organization are just awful people acting without regard but also without any motivation for their careless decisions?
Right, that’s why the Tigers exhausted all possibilities on that Monday (or was it Tuesday)……they could have played the game later day since it was supposed to (and did) clear up.
THERE IS NO GREEN ON THE RADAR.. THE RAIN IS MOVING AWAY, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO START NOW.
Wait, so is it pouring or is it tapering off?
LGY pretty sure if they “clock in” they get paid for the time they are there.
there is probably a lot of setting up ect.
pete is a trader and will post anything that
is anti-Yankees.
especially after the Thames HR last night
Warning Track
I know! Just wanted to get my opinion on the subject in!
What did Pete say after Thames HR?
peta a is a trader? What is he trading? Derivitives???? It’s all his fault!!
What product does Pete trade?
Hmmm trading loyalties? I think not, actually….
He trades Barbs
Pete trades in hamburger futures
I wrote him off when he said he was going to give up the importing to concentrate on the exporting.
Or was it give up the exporting to concentrate on the importing? Hmmmm.
Why not do both????????
lgy, Uncle Ellsworth is right, if they punch a time card they’re getting paid………..Where did this Richard the Lionheart come from ????….Ynaks are a team that has several switchitters, why can’t the LoHud ??? It is 1020, why all the hang ups ????
pork bellies
Good one, Unk [and Patrick, classic reference of Snape!
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Pete traded his pinstripes for some chowder.
The Tigers canceled Tuesday’s game because they wanted to rest their pen.
The rain cleared out about 1\2 hour after they called the game. They clearly did it for strategic reasons rather than the weather.
ANYONE CARE TO EXPLAIN WHY THE WEATHER CHANNEL SHOWS NO GREEN ON THE RADAR ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THE BRONX RIGHT NOW AND YET CHAD JENNINGS SAYS T IS RAINING
tentative start is 8 pm according to yankees.com
Pete never wore pinstripes. He always wore his Red Sox uni to work for Lohud. Dont be fooled.
Pat M,
Are they paid a set nightly wage or is it hourly?
I am pretty sure Pete Abe ate the sun today.
I love how all of you are so definitively sure the game is going to be canceled tonight because you looked outside your window and saw it was raining.
This game is definitely going to be played, and it is smart to try to get it in. Look at the radar and you will see that it is not supposed to rain that much between about 8 pm and 1 am. 5 hours is more than enough to get this ballgame in, and you would much rather play it now than play a doubleheader in August or September when the Red Sox are not only hotter, but when you can least afford to burn through your entire pen twice in one day.
Just because it is raining where you are doesn’t mean it is raining in the Bronx. If you are to the east of the Stadium, the weather you are seeing has already passed them, and even if you are to the west, the rain may pass north or south of the stadium. Saying “it’s raining here” means nothing about what it is doing at the Stadium, so stop throwing out ridiculous forecasts and criticisms of something you clearly know almost nothing about.
Pat M., ya inadvertently answered yer own question in humorous fashion -
“why all the hangups, it’s 1020″ Nice one!
BryanHoch In case you were wondering, the #Yankees won’t be starting on time tonight. But the grounds crew is coming out now to take a look.
Are they paid a set nightly wage or is it hourly?
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hourly most likely
More Pete:
Top of the 9th: Red Sox 9, Yankees 7
Daniel Bard throws wicked hard. He fanned Thames, got Win to fly to left, walked pinch hitter Juan Mirada then struck out Jeter. The Stadium was rocking with “Lets’ go Yankees” chants and fell silent.
lol
New Post w/start time
Blake-
“They are trying to playing this game because its rumored that Josh Beckett will melt if gotten wet.”
If it goes past midnight he turns into a wild texas javellina (basically a pig).
I wonder what Pete said after the comeback
Pete posted the same stuff when he was here re: Yankees “admin” for lack of a better word. Remember the Sedgway stuff?
I’m not clear on who has more say on cancelling a game: the home team or MLB?
And I just noticed that right outside the window where I am sitting there is a newspaper dispenser with a big label on the side: “The Journal News.”
Talented meteorologists only, please.
I am now running on reserve battery power and have to decide whether to shut down altogether or change my plum seat in order to plug in.
Think I’m going to pack up .