MLB 2018 Season

[GGGG]

Lol you guys still bring up a rain out from a year and a half ago THAT YOU WON!

How many times this year has a Cubs fan complained that the Brewers got three extra home games last season?

I never complained.

[wadesworld]

Lol you guys still bring up a rain out from a year and a half ago THAT YOU WON!

How many times this year has a Cubs fan complained that the Brewers got three extra home games last season?

Sad.

[Benny B]

I think Cub fans are whining again.

You think they’re whining now, just wait until Thursday morning. 

[MUDPT]

Yup.

The Brewers played 21 games in 20 days.  And they had to do it with a 25 man roster, not a 40 man roster.

That's baseball.  Don't like it?  Put a roof over your stadium.

Can we charge the taxpayers of Chicago $290 million?

There's been a lot of revisionist history on the epic rainout of May 20, 2017, so let me go through it step by step.

May 19, 2017, Brewers Cubs play, including a rain delay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_Pc0r3q7_o 

May 20, 2017

More rain in the morning in Chicago. O'Hare recorded 0.34 inches (more then the day before), which we all know fell before the game started, because Stearns and Counsell let us know.

https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/KORD/date/2017-5-20?req_city=&req_state=&req_statename=&reqdb.zip=&reqdb.magic=&reqdb.wmo=

The field was wet.  Did the Cubs jump the gun on cancelling? Probably.  Were they trying to avoid another game like the day before? Maybe.  Were they trying to protect the players on playing on a wet field that had no chance to dry? Maybe.  Here's an example of a game they tried to play at Wrigley in 2003:

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2014/2/6/5378072/a-day-in-wrigley-field-history-may-11-2003
(Sorry for posting from Bleed Cubbie Blue)

Finally, the Cubs had Davis, Koji, Rondon and Carl's Jr., available out of the bullpen if they played that day, so it wasn't to "rest their bullpen." Maybe they just didn't want to play in terrible weather...

[wadesworld]

Can we charge the taxpayers of Chicago $290 million?

There's been a lot of revisionist history on the epic rainout of May 20, 2017, so let me go through it step by step.

May 19, 2017, Brewers Cubs play, including a rain delay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_Pc0r3q7_o 

May 20, 2017

More rain in the morning in Chicago. O'Hare recorded 0.34 inches (more then the day before), which we all know fell before the game started, because Stearns and Counsell let us know.

https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/KORD/date/2017-5-20?req_city=&req_state=&req_statename=&reqdb.zip=&reqdb.magic=&reqdb.wmo=

The field was wet.  Did the Cubs jump the gun on cancelling? Probably.  Were they trying to avoid another game like the day before? Maybe.  Were they trying to protect the players on playing on a wet field that had no chance to dry? Maybe.  Here's an example of a game they tried to play at Wrigley in 2003:

https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2014/2/6/5378072/a-day-in-wrigley-field-history-may-11-2003
(Sorry for posting from Bleed Cubbie Blue)

Finally, the Cubs had Davis, Koji, Rondon and Carl's Jr., available out of the bullpen if they played that day, so it wasn't to "rest their bullpen." Maybe they just didn't want to play in terrible weather...

Odd response.  That has to do with the Brewers playing 21 games in 20 days this season with only 25 roster spots instead of 40 roster spots...how?

[TallTitan34]

Scheduling this makeup game for Thursday at 4:00 Eastern seems like a bad idea.

[Vander Blue Man Group]

Cubs 0-2 yesterday, enjoying your weekend?

Yep!

[Vander Blue Man Group]

Three best teams in baseball? in the regular season, perhaps. But those three were a combined 5-8 in the playoffs and none came close to reaching the World Series. The American League (as has consistently been the case for decades until this year) was the better league and it's champ easily beat the team that blew the Cubs away. KC was the best team in baseball in 2015.

Wow.

[Vander Blue Man Group]

I think Cub fans are whining again.

Hilarious. At least you're not as bad as Wades. Although that's impossible.

[wadesworld]

Hilarious. At least you're not as bad as Wades. Although that's impossible.

Sick burn.

[MUDPT]

I think Cub fans are whining again.

You didn’t answer my question.

[Vander Blue Man Group]

Sick burn.

Just stating the obvious. 

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Yep, I am sensing some tightened sphincters

[rocky_warrior]

Yep, I am sensing some tightened sphincters

Eh, just a bad weekend (for Cubs/Nats players and fans) spending more time waiting for baseball than actually playing baseball.

Glad they called the game earlyish today, and good weather predicted for Chicago. Should be a fun series with the Brewers, with the Cubbies relatively rested.

[#UnleashSean]

And the hurricane won't be there on Thursday.

You must not understand how weather works with an incoming hurricane.

[GGGG]

You must not understand how weather works with an incoming hurricane.

I think I understand it better than Cub fans do.  Playing a game in DC when a hurricane is about 400 miles away should be no problem. 

Weather Underground's forecast for Thursday:  Variable clouds with scattered thunderstorms.  High 84.  Chance of rain 50%.

You guys make it sound like the eyewall is passing over the stadium at anytime.

[GGGG]

You didn’t answer my question.

Because I don't give a sh*t how much rest they get.  It's baseball.  Put a roof over your junky little stadium and you won't have to worry about it.

[buckchuckler]

Well, listed as tbd, but it seems like Thursday may be a Scherzer day.

[TallTitan34]

I don’t think this game is going to happen in DC. Hopefully they are making alternate plans now for a neutral site. Look at the wind forecast attached.

[GGGG]

Now *that* is a different forecast than what I have seen so far.  It's not reflected in the local forecasts yet though.

[jsglow]

I honestly would not be shocked to see that game moved to Milwaukee.

[MUDPT]

Because I don't give a sh*t how much rest they get.  It's baseball.  Put a roof over your junky little stadium and you won't have to worry about it.

Why did you make it a point then that the cubs had an “off day” on Sunday?

[GGGG]

Why did you make it a point then that the cubs had an “off day” on Sunday?

Mostly just to stoke the whining. 

[WarriorDad]

20 games left, 16 in the city of Chicago (13 at Wrigley). 

Milwaukee has 18 games, 9 on the road. 

[SaveOD238]

20 games left, 16 in the city of Chicago (13 at Wrigley). 

Milwaukee has 18 games, 9 on the road.

With the White Sox being so terrible, do Cubs fans flock to Downvote Field like they do to Miller Park?  Or will that be a mostly hostile, pro-Sox crowd?