No game tomorrow

Take a look yourself, a rainout in Chicago.

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f**k

Aside from selfish considerations (I want to see baseball that means something) does this mean that Davies moves back to the home opener?

by Steve Hovley on Apr 5, 2009 7:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

nope

Tuesday: Meche
Wednesday: Zack
Thursday: Davies

unless the Tuesday game also gets postponed….which sounds possible.

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by doublestix on Apr 5, 2009 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought Tuesday was an off-day.

by Steve Hovley on Apr 5, 2009 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah

but now they’re just playing the Monday game on Tuesday instead.

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by doublestix on Apr 5, 2009 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol, this was my exact reaction too. ‘dammit! wait, does this mean no Ponson for the opener?! woohoo!’

by sfeldkamp on Apr 5, 2009 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/royals/story/1125753.html

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by doublestix on Apr 5, 2009 7:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Someone fanposted it.. you were first but oh well

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by focs on Apr 5, 2009 7:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I don’t understand why they continue to schedule games in northern cities in the first week. April is such a transitional month; the first week or so is usually so bombastically different than the final one.

That said – the weather here in the midwest is awful. (Chicago obviously worse, but not as annoyingly transitional as here in K.C.). This has been one miserably cold winter. Maybe someday….it’ll finally be over. I like the heartland, generally, but the weather is one MAJOR drawback. Well, other than the fact that I am one of 17 people who plan on living here past college. Also, it is a vacuum/ghost town for singles. Other than that, though, it’s great. Do I sound bitter? Am I gravitating a little bit off topic?

Get treated. Royally.

by Royals Nation on Apr 5, 2009 7:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

definitely bitter

but I agree on the vacuum/ghost town for singles thing. I once had a friend turn the dating pool in Utah into a metaphor: I’m in a very deep pool with very shallow fish.

Unfortunately, it seems like the Midwest is one giant shallow pool. The jury is still out, though, on the shallowness of the fish.

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by loyal2theroyals on Apr 5, 2009 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

It would be pretty easy to schedule games the first week in warm weather/domes:

AL home teams: Seattle, Oakland, Anaheim, Texas, Tampa Bay, Minnesota (at least for one more season), Toronto

NL home teams: Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Arizona, Milwaukee, Florida, Atlanta, Cincinnati (their opening day is a god given right or something)

That being said, every year people seem to freak out about early season weather, when its not that big a deal. Rainouts/snowouts happen. Its not that big a deal.

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by RoyalsRetro on Apr 5, 2009 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not that big a deal

except that we get one fewer start from Meche and one more from HoRam.

by Trey Hillman's Chin on Apr 5, 2009 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

actually

HoRam’s start will just come a day earlier…with the off days he’s still not going to get any extra starts. Meche won’t lose any starts either.

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by doublestix on Apr 6, 2009 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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by devil_fingers on Apr 5, 2009 7:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Come on down to Crazy Uncle Sam's Government Motors Blowout Sale!

Get your hummer for $200 down, $200 a month!!!

Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too. ~Greg, age 8

by loyal2theroyals on Apr 5, 2009 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The weather this spring

has been incredibly crappy. We have to turn the corner and head towards summer soon, right?

If you were thinking, you wouldn't have thought that.

by Warden11 on Apr 5, 2009 8:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Mother Nature is bipolar

It was 70 degrees and awesome Saturday, snowing today.

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by RoyalsRetro on Apr 5, 2009 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is a

smack to the head. I consoled myself over seeing Ponson open the season on Friday, with the fact that I had tickets to see Meche vs. Sabathia on Saturday. Now I get to see Horacio Ramirez vs. Sabathia. Boy will that be fun. The game will be over before it even starts. Good luck leaving April with a winning record Royals. Sunday should be fun now though. Joba the Chamberlain vs. Gil-ga-Meche.

Prediction: Royals sweep Chicago, Yankees take 2 of 3 from Royals (Meche beats Joba). 4-2 after week 1.

by AxDxMx on Apr 5, 2009 8:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

pitchers duel

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by devil_fingers on Apr 5, 2009 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It Always Is

I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.

by philofthenorth on Apr 6, 2009 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i said it before ill say it again..

Hey mother nature….. FUCK YOU!!

Bloomquist. God? Or just an illusion? You be the judge.

by focs on Apr 5, 2009 9:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Just to get back at her

I am going to spray this aerosol can!

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by RoyalsRetro on Apr 5, 2009 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Tuesday high of 39 with snow showers, nice baseball weather, and since some genious..

decided to scedule at night game in the First week of April, in Chicago, expect Wednesday’s temperature to be about the same as well.

Go Royals!

by BabyBlues on Apr 5, 2009 9:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Can't wait

Til Bud Selig suggests this series should be played in Milwaukee.

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by RoyalsRetro on Apr 5, 2009 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

lol... that's funny.

He probably will suggest that for next year, every northern team opens in Milwaukee… They can play at 12:00, 3:30, 7:00, and 10:30. Put a 3 hour time limit like in HS tourneys!! Eastern Time of course. With the off day the next day, you can play 4 more games! 8 games in 2 days! Think of the revenue….

Everyone's recruits look better than ours.

by 306008 on Apr 5, 2009 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

gahhh

“opening day postponed” has now made my list of life’s biggest disappointments.

by SSmanque on Apr 5, 2009 9:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

This is such a drag...

Ive waited for so long to watch the royals play and planned on tomorrow being that day.. and now i have to wait 1 more WHOLE DAY.. ya it doesnt seem like a lot but it is and im pissed…

Bloomquist. God? Or just an illusion? You be the judge.

by focs on Apr 5, 2009 9:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Don't walk outside when there is lightening

No dude, fuck you.

by Mother Nature on Apr 5, 2009 9:21 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Why can't you hurry up the global warming

and give us more sun and warmth in Seattle? Bitch.

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by kabrink on Apr 5, 2009 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

its a nice gesture to the fans that they already called the game

i hope mlb does this more often, rather than having everyone show up for a miserable, boring, pointless afternoon that also kills the buzz for the next day

by royalsreview on Apr 5, 2009 10:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Agreed.

If there is any positive out of this except for that.. its that we wont have to dive into the first game then have a day off and play again.. at least we can play without an offday… although that offday is going to bite us in the ass when we have HoRam pitching against CC

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by focs on Apr 5, 2009 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah, but Ho-ram paid his dues in the NL

the Yankees are nothing compared to those awesome NL East lineups of a few years back.

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by devil_fingers on Apr 5, 2009 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm just disappointed...

I believe I told my wife that this would happen when the schedule was released…. :(

Everyone's recruits look better than ours.

by 306008 on Apr 5, 2009 10:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm in Chicago right now

it’s not snowing anymore, it is cold as hell, but c’mon! I was just ready for this game so much that I wouldn’t mind a 1-0 Meche win in the cold weather.

by I need more Esteban on Apr 6, 2009 11:35 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs