Seattle Mariners' Jose Lopez, right, throws snow at Mariners third base coach Carlos Garcia at Jacobs Field, Sunday, April 8, 2007,
Posted on 04/09/2007 10:39:25 AM PDT by Chi-townChief
Major League Baseball, Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim today announced the three-game series between the Indians and Angels, scheduled to be played at Jacobs Field April 10-12, has been moved to Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wis., due to poor playing conditions, player safety concerns, as well as fan comfort issues. The Cleveland Indians will travel to Milwaukee, Wis., tonight in preparation for the three-game series (April 10-12), and return to Cleveland for a three-game weekend series against the Chicago White Sox that begins at Jacobs Field on Friday, April 13 at 7:05pm.
"Considering the combination of the playing field conditions at Jacobs Field, fan comfort issues and a concern about the integrity of the 162-game schedule, a change of venue for this three-game series is the most logical option," said Indians President PAUL DOLAN. "We would like to thank all involved, Major League Baseball, the ownership groups for both the Angels and Brewers, and the Players Association for their support during this unique situation."
The three-game series at Miller Park will be played as follows:
Tue., April 10 vs. LA Angels (7:05PM EDT, WTAM, IRN) RHP Ervin Santana (1-0, 2.57) vs. LHP CC Sabathia (1-0, 4.50)
Wed., April 11 vs. LA Angels (7:05PM EDT, WTAM, IRN) LHP Joe Saunders (0-0, 4.76) vs. RHP Jake Westbrook (0-0, 12.60)
Thu., April 12 vs. LA Angels (1:05PM EDT, WTAM, IRN) RHP Dustin Moseley (1-0, 1.50) vs. LHP Jeremy Sowers (0-0, 3.00)
The Cleveland Indians will be the home team for all three games at Miller Park, April 10, 11 and 12.
The only acceptable action other than playing "as scheduled" would be to play this week's series in Anaheim, and one of the two Indians-Angels serieses scheduled for Anaheim later this year in Cleveland.
-Eric
Whomever makes the schedule ought to take advantage of the domed ballparks and the teams situationed in the milder climates.
FWIW-
Although there might be a conflict in scheduling at the Big "A".
We are going to tropical Milwaukee to play ball.
My dad lives in Mayfield and says there’s about a foot of snow there.
Lopez (above) is the bleep-hole who claimed he couldn't see the ball (never mind that the umpires could see it fine), potentially one pitch away from the game being official (and Paul Byrd getting credit for a no-hitter). I'm hoping the first pitch he sees the next time the two teams play is a little "chin music", maybe he'll be able to see that.
-Eric
They addressed that, after a fashion, in an earlier MLB.com story:
One of the issues complicating this predicament is the Angels' inability to simply exchange home series with the Indians. The two teams are scheduled for two more series later in the season, both times in Angel Stadium, on May 8-10 and Sept. 6-9. Advance ticket sales project crowds of 40,000-plus for each of those seven games, making it a logistical nightmare to even consider swapping out those dates.BTW, it's Global "Warming" High Priest Algore Goracle's fault.Thus, any switched Tuesday-Thursday games would become additions to the Angels' home schedule, attended by walk-up ticket purchasers and the home-visitor shares of the gate appropriately adjusted.
The weird thing is there’s practically no snow in Mentor. Usually Lake County gets it far worse than Cuyahoga but not this time around.
Are umpires now required to call a game when a player complains?
As for Lopez, I hear you; some high and tight heat is in order.
Under the new "no-hitter" rules requiring both a minimum of 9 innings of no-hit ball and a complete game of no-hit ball, Byrd wouldn't have received credit for the weather-shortened no-hitter.That's a good rule change. I think it was Denny Martinez who once got credit for a perfect game when it was called after five innings.
-Eric
While I honestly think that they should have swapped series, still, playing in Milwaukee is not a bad choice—it’s better than playing in the snow...
Myabe the umps feel his pain.
Nothing needs to be changed. This is some freak weather we are having and moving the season up a week wont change the weather because this week would be the second week and its still ballz cold.
- $10 general admission, with seating initially limited to field-level (normally $26-$55 seats on non Cubs/Cards games) and gates opening up 1 hour prior to game time.
- $8 parking (same as the general parking, though the in-close prefered parking usually costs $15), with the lots open 2 hours before game time.
- Tickets were scheduled to go on sale at MLB.com 21 minutes ago, but as of last check of both the Indians' and Brewers' team sites, they're unavailable.
Makes it real tempting to take a drive up there.
This appears to be a case of life imitating art. If you remember the original "Major League" picture, which was about the Cleveland Indians, the baseball scenes were filmed at the old County Stadium in Milwaukee. If you look real careful, there's a camera shot advertising ball games being on "WTMJ."
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