Weather for 2-game Dodger series

[stringer bell]

The Dodgers are in town for a brief series—night game today, early afternoon game on Eednesday—and according to the forecast I pulled up there is a greater than 75% chance of rain from the afternoon through the night. It does look like the rain will end in time for the day game Wednesday. This will be the Dodgers only visit to Minnesota. 
 

I’m wondering if they’ll play through the rain tonight or if they might play a doubleheader on Wednesday, otherwise the Dodgers and Twins would have to play a single game on a mutual off day. 

[Rosterman]

The Dodgers home opener is Thursday. I'm sure they hoped to get into town, settled, and have their media day before the game.

Who schedules a two-game series with a West Coast's team only appearance in Minnesota in April, without a travel day for both teams IN CASE you need a makeup? 

This is the problem that will be magnified even mroe next season when all 30 teams play each other at some point during the season.

I'm sure the Twins are watching the weather closely and hope the storm will just brush downtown Minneapolis and the wind holds down so they can get at least five innings of play.

Got tickets for tonight! Gonna be wet getting to and from the stadium, fer sure.

[howeda7]

Upcoming mutual off days are:

5/19: Dodgers on way from LA to Philly. But Twins in between series @ Oakland and @ KC. Would also mean the Twins play 27 days in a row, which I believe is not allowed.

6/6: Also would leave the Twins playing 27 days in a row.

6/16: Twins are in between series in Seattle and Arizona.

6/20: Twins are off before a home series. Dodgers are on their way to Cincinnati. This seems like the best option.

 

[Mike Sixel]

I mean, the weather? It snowed in Portland yesterday....it didn't snow once this winter, not really. It should be 10-15 degrees warmer here....so the idea that we can control April issues with where games are played is, well, not true.

[baul0010]

15 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

I mean, the weather? It snowed in Portland yesterday....it didn't snow once this winter, not really. It should be 10-15 degrees warmer here....so the idea that we can control April issues with where games are played is, well, not true.

You can't control the weather, but you can be smarter than having our first 6 games scheduled in MN in early-ish April.  I would assume, most, if not all, are aware of our climate.  

[Mike Sixel]

Just now, baul0010 said:

You can't control the weather, but you can be smarter than having our first 6 games scheduled in MN in early-ish April.  I would assume, most, if not all, are aware of our climate.  

So, no games in MN, Chicago (2 teams), NY (2 teams), Boston, Pittsburgh, Philly, Detroit? How about Colorado or Cleveland? That is 11 teams.....If you play baseball in April or October, you will have weather issues. 

[baul0010]

Just now, Mike Sixel said:

So, no games in MN, Chicago (2 teams), NY (2 teams), Boston, Pittsburgh, Philly, Detroit? How about Colorado or Cleveland? That is 11 teams.....If you play baseball in April or October, you will have weather issues. 

YEP.  None of them!

I just wouldn't want to temp the weather Gods.  We squeaked 4 games in.  6 games was pushing it.  

[Number3]

roof roof (Oh yesterday was National Pet Day)

[Craig Arko]

Doubtful they play tonight.

[Mabster45]

I hope they just postpone it so I don't have to drive down and pay for parking. By 8pm they will for sure have to call it. I want to watch the t-wolves game anyways

 

[Brock Beauchamp]

I don't see how they play tonight. It's pretty cold and the rain is only going to get worse as the night progresses.

Frankly, if they're going to play games in Minneapolis in early April, schedule them for the day. Come on, that's just common sense. It's going to be cold, the weather often sucks, give yourself the best opportunity to play the game during the best conditions possible.

[CRF]

Yeah...tonight is looking real iffy at best. Better shot tomorrow. I'm sure they'll try to get these two games in just because it's the Dodgers, but I sure wouldn't bet on it happening. The weather so far this spring has been a big time downer, and next week isn't supposed to be much better. We'll be in Boston and KC then. 

[Unwinder]

I have Saints opener tickets and am refreshing Twitter over and over to see if they've announced a cancelation.

[PatPfund]

The problem isn't really scheduling games in April; it's scheduling with few gaps? Not sure how much of this is due to the lockout stupidity and the late start, but it is a self-inflicted wound. Scheduling earlier in the day gives more flex, but the night game is probably to let LA get into town.

[Squirrel]

1 hour ago, baul0010 said:

YEP.  None of them!

I just wouldn't want to temp the weather Gods.  We squeaked 4 games in.  6 games was pushing it.  

There was an article on here years ago about how MLB goes about scheduling games, and it's a very complicated deal, because every team has their wants and wishes about what games they want when and where. It is impossible to schedule games so there are no games in April in the above mentioned cities. No team wants to be, essentially, on the road for a month before playing home games. And, for the record, Minnesota didn't even have the most postponed games last year, Detroit did. And in other cities that may not experience the cold and snow, they do have other kinds of weather ... rain, tornadoes, hurricanes ... 

[nicksaviking]

2 hours ago, Mike Sixel said:

I mean, the weather? It snowed in Portland yesterday....it didn't snow once this winter, not really. It should be 10-15 degrees warmer here....so the idea that we can control April issues with where games are played is, well, not true.

Well you're sure not selling playing games in Portland!

[Mike Sixel]

27 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

Well you're sure not selling playing games in Portland!

IMO, there aren't enough big companies here to buy the suites.......I just don't see it. Though, the location where they want to build the stadium could be great someday......But, really, it rained less than 5 inches total last summer, no rainouts for sure.

[shortround81]

I just love the "engineering experts" who are ragging the Twins' social media accounts with, "Put a roof on the stadium." I work for Morton Buildings, and we can barely add snowbars to an existing building without getting MIT and NASA involved.

[Mike Sixel]

Roofs are a terrible idea. And, I'm glad TF doesn't have one. 

[Dave The Dastardly]

2 hours ago, Mike Sixel said:

So, no games in MN, Chicago (2 teams), NY (2 teams), Boston, Pittsburgh, Philly, Detroit? How about Colorado or Cleveland? That is 11 teams.....If you play baseball in April or October, you will have weather issues. 

Agree. Baseball is a summer game. Scheduling games for April and October is always gonna be a crapshoot. Obvious solutions: all teams must have a retractable dome over their stadium, shrink the schedule or play more double-headers. Not that any of those options will ever happen... So, rain-proof and thinsulated uniforms and caps, heated bats, battery-powered socks, fur-lined cups (both for players and beer) hot toddies for the 7th inning stretch and mini-lightning rods for everyone in the stadium. You can put them on right over tin foil hats and if struck by lightning grounding wires in the seats will send the juice right to the electric cars in the parking lot, charging their batteries for free. Everyone's a winner.

[nicksaviking]

1 minute ago, Mike Sixel said:

Roofs are a terrible idea. And, I'm glad TF doesn't have one. 

I was skeptical at first, but wouldn't want to go to a Twins game any other way now. I've been snowed on at TF games twice but wouldn't trade it for a roof. Never stopped me from going to football games.

[Mike Sixel]

Just now, Dave The Dastardly said:

Agree. Baseball is a summer game. Scheduling games for April and October is always gonna be a crapshoot. Obvious solutions: all teams must have a retractable dome over their stadium, shrink the schedule or play more double-headers. Not that any of those options will ever happen... So, rain-proof and thinsulated uniforms and caps, heated bats, battery-powered socks, fur-lined cups (both for players and beer) hot toddies for the 7th inning stretch and mini-lightning rods for everyone in the stadium. You can put them on right over tin foil hats and if struck by lightning grounding wires in the seats will send the juice right to the electric cars in the parking lot, charging their batteries for free. Everyone's a winner.

Obvious solution is that sometimes a game will be delayed. Not all that often, actually.

Though, I'd be good with a 148 game season, or something like that.

[Mike Sixel]

Look, if you all keep liking my posts, I'm going to have to start being much dumber here....

[shortround81]

Just now, Mike Sixel said:

Look, if you all keep liking my posts, I'm going to have to start being much dumber here....

 

[nicksaviking]

1 minute ago, Mike Sixel said:

Look, if you all keep liking my posts, I'm going to have to start being much dumber here....

Inconceivable......:)

[Mike Sixel]

Hail falling. When we first moved here, we were told it rarely hailed. Yikes, that's a lot of hail! Glad I'm not outside, ouch.

[PseudoSABR]

Maybe they'll try get in as many innings as they can tonight and finish it off tomorrow.  Wouldn't they have postponed it by now?

[baul0010]

1 hour ago, Squirrel said:

There was an article on here years ago about how MLB goes about scheduling games, and it's a very complicated deal, because every team has their wants and wishes about what games they want when and where. It is impossible to schedule games so there are no games in April in the above mentioned cities. No team wants to be, essentially, on the road for a month before playing home games. And, for the record, Minnesota didn't even have the most postponed games last year, Detroit did. And in other cities that may not experience the cold and snow, they do have other kinds of weather ... rain, tornadoes, hurricanes ...

 This is all sounding too complicated now.  I retract all my prior statements

 

[PDX Twin]

19 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

Hail falling. When we first moved here, we were told it rarely hailed. Yikes, that's a lot of hail! Glad I'm not outside, ouch.

Rarely is not never! But I would have told you it never snows in April.

[shortround81]

19 minutes ago, PseudoSABR said:

Maybe they'll try get in as many innings as they can tonight and finish it off tomorrow.  Wouldn't they have postponed it by now?

That's what I thought. I live up in the Fargo area. For Opening Day was it just about the temps or was it raining then, too?