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By the way, it has been raining in New York City, hard, for roughly the last 14 hours, and the weather report for tonight does not look to be any better, calling for Rain, Wind and Thunderstorms through Sunday afternoon.
In other words, this is going to be a crazy, wet and jittery weekend at Shea Stadium.
If tonight’s game is rained out it will most likely have to be made up as part of a double header on Saturday. However, whether it will be a split-admission or one-ticket event is up to the Player’s Union, and not the two teams and the league at this point.
Now, if Saturday’s game or games are rained out, it will likely be made up on Sunday as a double header with the Shea Stadium farewell possibly occurring between the two games – not after as originally scheduled. I have to assume the second game from Saturday would get moved to Monday, should it be necessary.
I have no idea what happens if all three games are rained out, not to mention a potential tie in the standings for the variety of playoff scenarios.
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Triple Header!!!!!
lmaooo
AHHHHHHHHH
I am no weatherman, but it looks like there are 2 systems, and the first one is on the tail end right about now and should be done soon. The second one is smaller and looks like it will hit later today. It is smaller in size then the current one, so it may not linger as long. If any game is going to be rained out, I bet it will be tonight. I have a feeling tomorrow is going to be OK to play.
thanks Al Roker…
Al Woker.
Mr G would make Roker submit.
Both teams should come to Dublin. It’s beautiful here today and should be nice all weekend.
Doesn’t happen often, so let’s take advantage!
:-)
Now that would be a neutral stadium.
Not with the Irish Hammer playing left field for us…
It’s going to be complicated either way…
Take care of your own business… Although doubleheaders are not conducive to sweeps…
The rain has paused here in DC, though it still looks gross out there. Normally – though not always – New York weather follows ours by a few hours, so their might be a respite headed up there.
I posted this before but I guess it is appropriate here;
I never really understood where the idea that a double header is so hard to sweep came from. A double header sweep happens just about as frequently as a team winning 2 games in a row, which, if you figure every game is 50-50, is about 25%. I guess people see that THEIR team only sweeps 25% of double headers and figures it must be hard to get a sweep when in reality a sweep occurs one way or another about 50%. The other thing is, most times, both teams sit a lot of regulars in the 2nd game. If we have a double header, the Marlins may sit a few guys but you know the Mets would play everyone both games.
I did a couple of minutes of reasearch and found 6 double header sweeps in the past month or so (Twins, Cubs, White Sox, Blue Jays, Rays and Royals). There may be more but I stopped after finding this many. Hopefully if we have a DH sometime this weekend, we can add the Mets to that list.
I completely see what you’re saying – but with that being said it would be difficult to win 2.
Some of it depends on the makeup of our team. In Game 1, say Ayala comes in for a save. In Game 2 we may be forced to use an even lesser option for that game as closer. Our pen is overall so bad, that if we had to use all the reliable arms the first game, we may be in deep trouble the second game.
Who knows how some of the older players perform after playing for 6+ hours, too..
The game’s going to be played tonight. It’s not raining in NYC right now (hasn’t been for a couple of hours), and although it’s going to start raining again sometime this afternoon, it’s not going to be any worse than last night.
They only played last night because it was the final game against the Cubs. If the weather tonight is the same as last night, they wont play. I am wondering why, with Sunday being the projected nicer day, why they would bother booking a DH for tomorrow – that will likely be impossible to get in.
True. I just think the Mets will do anything in their power to not play a douple dip tomorrow (or sunday).
Not to mention that the Mets dont have a starting pitcher for Saturday so pushing Pelfrey back solves that problem.
If it comes down to it, the Players Union HAD BETTER TAKE INTO ACCOUNT that this stadium is closing down and DIE HARD FANS have bought tickets to these last games to Shea Goodbye and give all of them priority. In other words, there should be no single admission doubleheaders and no game cancellations. As much as it is such a bonus to the lucky ticketholder who would get 2 for the price of 1, in this rare instance, they would be depriving another of the Shea Goodbye. Also, I think it would be a bit strange for those who have bought tickets especially or who have Sunday Plans, etc. and are expecting to see the final regular non-tie-breaker game, to have those with Saturday tickets get to see the last game. But, I could see that as a possible scenario, since that’s how these rain checks work. Mother Nature certainly could have quite an affect on this pennant race and the Shea Goodbyes.
Seriously, that is the least of my concern this weekend…
I understand where you’re coming from but I am sorry, the players should vote to do whatever they feel gives them the greatest opportunity to get into the playoffs. Everything else is secondary.
Dont forget, the Marlins players are in on the vote as well. So what works best for them?
Good thing the Mets have all 40 players then can possibly have on board.
I think the players union and the players for both teams will try and figure out that they have enough rest between games or decide what is the best way for them to get the games done – I have no idea. And yes, I definitely would like to see the Mets make the playoffs and would hate some concerns for fans with tickets to mess that up. BUT, if you or I (I’m not going to these games, so don’t think that I personally have a vested interest in this) had bought tickets months ago, won a lottery or paid hundreds of dollars for tickets and maybe even travel, hotel, etc., we’d hate to be robbed not only of the money, but emotionally of the chance to Shea Goodbye. For some, including myself, the loss of Shea is the real story this season, no matter what happens. And I hope no one will accuse me of not being a true fan for saying this, since I’ve been following the team for well over 40 years. Shea’s demolition won’t be undone. But true, neither would being eliminated from 2008 action. It’s just that, if the worst happens, and I hope it doesn’t, we always have next year. I’m just saying that if for some reason, they will turn 50,000 ticketholders away, it won’t be unless it’s absolutely necessary – and considering the finances of that, there’s a good bet that everyone will get to see a game, so that’s a good incentive.
So the final game extravagansa could happen with two games left to be played? Thats… moronic.
Would a play-in game be nationally televised?
yea, Joe Morgan and Jon Miller are booking thier flights now…
Yes – I think TBS would own the rights to it. Not completely sure..
What a mess! This season could not have anymore drama, even mother nature is trying doing her thing to stress us out.