Let's Play Two!

Globe photo by Jim Davis

We may be saying that alot in the next few days. The Tigers-Red Sox game last night was called due to rain - you can see in above photo that they obviously couldn't play on that field. They're playing two today - the first at 12:35 pm, and the regularly scheduled game at 7:00pm.

This rain-out shows the absurdity of the schedule this year. This is the ONLY visit by the Tigers to Fenway this year - and we play them only once more, right before the All- Star Break. So, if the weather had been bad again today, they would have had a big problem finding another time.

The weather today, luckily, looks clear. The same can't be said for tomorrow - 80% chance of rain. It's the start of a three-game inter-league series vs. the Braves. Both Saturday and Sunday's games are day games, so I guess there's a possibility of sticking a make-up game into one of the evenings. But that would make two doubleheaders in three days - yikes! Although I guess if you're going to have to do these kind of things, it's better early in the season when the team is relatively fresh rather than in September.