Sec19Row53 Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 With no good weather forecast, MLB is moving the Indians-Angels series to Miller Park:http://blog.cleveland.com/sports/2007/04/t...eheader_po.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the admiral Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Fun Fact: The Indians actually played at County Stadium in Major League. Can we get Charlie Sheen to throw out the first pitch so Bob Uecker can go "juuuuuust a bit outside"? Is this the first neutral-site game since the Marlins hosted the Expos at Comiskey Park? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discrim Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 wild thang...you make my heart sang...man, they GOTTA somehow bust out the pre-Jake threads for this one "hats for bats. keep bats warm." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnWis97 Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 That's increadible. I wonder how many people will go to the games. They should play it at the metrodome (I realize the Twins are at home right now...), then you would get some people to come out and cheer agasint the "home" team.With the Twins ballpark plans in jeopardy, I hope this weather does not hurt the effort to get an open-air stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sec19Row53 Posted April 9, 2007 Author Share Posted April 9, 2007 That's increadible. I wonder how many people will go to the games. They should play it at the metrodome (I realize the Twins are at home right now...), then you would get some people to come out and cheer agasint the "home" team.With the Twins ballpark plans in jeopardy, I hope this weather does not hurt the effort to get an open-air stadium.I'm taking the family Wednesday night. I have a co-worker in from the west coast this week, who is an Angel's season ticket holder. I'm guessing he'll hit the two night games.Timing is everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC97 Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Hell, if the Indians moved this series to Rogers Centre I'd go check out a game... it's too bizarre to miss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Hey, maybe the people of Milwaukee will finally get to watch some quality baseball.... oops, did I say that out loud? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB61 Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 This, I believe, is the first time that they've moved a series to another ballpark since the Marlins played the Expos at "Comiskey" a couple of years ago towards the end of the season because of a hurricane. I think it may have even been the year the won the World Series.I get the feeling that in cases such as this, the league may generally prefer a park in the opposite league, so that at least it's more neutral. I could be wrong, but it makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Yeah, it does kinda make sense.Miller Park also makes sense, being relatively close and with the retractable roof.Another fun trivia fact: Milwaukee hosted nine Chicago White Sox home games in 1968 and eleven in 1969. The attendance in Milwaukee for those few games represented one-third of the total Sox home attendance in those years - don't think we'll see such numbers for the Indians (nor will we see the Indians almost move to Milwaukee). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinMcD Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 This, I believe, is the first time that they've moved a series to another ballpark since the Marlins played the Expos at "Comiskey" a couple of years ago towards the end of the season because of a hurricane. I think it may have even been the year the won the World Series.I get the feeling that in cases such as this, the league may generally prefer a park in the opposite league, so that at least it's more neutral. I could be wrong, but it makes sense.Correct, here are all the neutral site games ever played. That site is amazing.It would be nice to have the games in Buffalo since we have their AAA team but we have some snow also. I would go if they were here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikmurphy Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Is it just me or does anyone miss when it was called plain old SkyDome? I wouldn't think it would hurt the chances of the Twins new stadium. The MLB needs to realize weather in the midwest in April is unpredictible. So play in warm weather cities or in covered stadiums to start the season it would clean up a lot but not all of the weather issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlinfan Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Hey look at that, Milwaukee is an AL City once again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shumway Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Unfortunately, we'll never know if Bernie'll go down the slide after an Indian HR, since they're getting shut out every game . Go Halos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sec19Row53 Posted April 9, 2007 Author Share Posted April 9, 2007 5 seats in Section 115, Row 3 (right off the on deck circle, by the Indians' [home team] dugout) for $50! Can't wait for Wednesday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Hey look at that, Milwaukee is an AL City once again.... with no ball-in-glove logo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Another fun trivia fact: Milwaukee hosted nine Chicago White Sox home games in 1968 and eleven in 1969. The attendance in Milwaukee for those few games represented one-third of the total Sox home attendance in those years.Talk about your dark days. I once saw a programs for those games, which showed the Beer Barrel Man and the "Milwaukee Brewers" name on the front - those games bore much more of a "this team is going to move here soon" vibe than the Expos' trips to San Juan.Basically, the White Sox are still playing on the South Side by virtue of the ineptitude of the Seattle Pilots. I'm pretty sure that was much more of a legitimate threat to the franchise than the schtick and posturing about playing in the Suncoast Dome ever was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the admiral Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Wasn't there some talk of Charlie O. Finley moving the A's to the South Side so his team could be closer to NW Indiana, where he's from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OB33 Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Maybe I'm missing something, but wouldn't it make sense to play this series in Anaheim and then have a series that was scheduled for Anaheim moved to Cleveland to balance it out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMMF Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Maybe I'm missing something, but wouldn't it make sense to play this series in Anaheim and then have a series that was scheduled for Anaheim moved to Cleveland to balance it out?Well, I was going to make light of this suggestion for the reason of travel, but now looking at when the Indians go to LA to play the Angels, it would have made some sense. Instead of having Cleveland go from Minnesota to LA to Chicago they would go Minny, home, Chicago, which is much more manageable. Flipping that, the Angels would only be starting their roadtrip four days earlier as, if the games were switched, they would be going to Baltimore anyway.I'm thinking, though, it had to do with short notice and logistics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred T. Jane Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Hey, maybe the people of Milwaukee will finally get to watch some quality baseball.... oops, did I say that out loud?*ZING!* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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