it is too late now to make all the adjustments that would be necessary to play elsewhere. They sat back so long. Is the retractable roof not enough to shelter them from the storm? I seriosuly don’t know this cause I have no clue how severe the storm is now. I thought it was cooling off a bit.

….but do you really want 10s of thousands of people driving to and from ballgames in the middle of a hurricane?

I agree, it’s nuts to send the Cubs (or anyone) INTO a known hurricane zone.

how much money do the Astros honestly stand to lose? Aren’t they telling people to evacuate? How many of those people (if they have tickets) are going to rush back the next day for a game?

If it’s serious enough for regular folks to be told to leave then shouldn’t it also be serious enough to not have people flown in? I can understand playing at a neutral site and either St. Louis or Atlanta works. Atlanta would be better for the Cubs since there’s a large Cubs fanbase and they are undefeated there this year and St Louis probably works better for Houston as you’ll at least get some Cardinal fans to root against the Cubs.

God doesn’t want the Cubs and Astros to play. Chicago tornadoes, Houston hurricanes, if they go play in St. Louis undoubtedly there will be flooding or locusts or the plague or something.

Hot and muggy but little chance of rain. Time to schedule it.

They could play the games Sunday or Monday…

Well here’s a thought, What If Minute Made park has damage to it and they cant play the games anyway? And whose going to be even able to get into Houston after the storm has passed anyway.

Bud Selig your a freaken moron

I don’t understand why they didn’t have plan A and plan B. Everything goes fine the Cubs and Astros play as scheduled. Problems this is already in place.

Little known fact the Cubs and Sox already have a reciprocal agreement if long term damage happened to Wrigley or the Cell.

Does anyone remember that bizarro doubleheader the Cubs played with the Expos in 1991 when the Olympic Stadium fell apart?

What I remember most is my pictures all came out backwards.

the Astros today will determine whether to move up the starting time of their home game tomorrow against the Chicago Cubs from 8:05 p.m. to 2:05 p.m. to make sure it is complete before landfall. Thus, Texas officials could use Minute Maid Park for emergency purposes, if needed.

If the state is planning on using the stadium, it cannot be used for baseball. Asking employees, especially the gameday ones who make little money for their work, to skip around in the face of a hurricane is irresponsible.

Article link:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-080910-hurricane-ike-chicago-cubs-houston,0,1532803.story

Cubs general manager Jim Hendry said he had spoken Wednesday to Katy Feeney, Major League Baseball’s senior vice president of scheduling, and she had no concrete plans for rescheduling games.

Even Theriot wants nothing to do with it:

“I don’t want to go,” Ryan Theriot said. "I understand why the Astros want the games there. They’re in the wild-card [race] and playing well. But [if] that storm does turn and they evacuate the city, then what do you do? Now we’re stuck. You hop on a bus and go where?

“Take a bus from Houston to Chicago? I just don’t know what the outcome will be, and [hurricanes are] so hard to predict. When you have no power or no cabs to get anything to eat and you’re just stuck, that’s no fun for anybody. … I’d hate to get stuck.”

If I were the Cubs I’d fly back to Chicago or stay in St Louis for now.

DH Sunday, game Monday. That is the current plan they are kicking around.

Isnt it possible that Houston gets evacuated b/c of the hurricane? Are people going to let back by Sunday?

Been screwed up since the Blacksox issue

How do you know MLB is sitting on their hands? The Cubs can’t do anything until after tonight’s games. As we all know, hurricanes can be unpredictable. MLB surely will wait until the last minute to make a decision. They don’t want to make an early decision to cost Houston the revenue.

I’m sure the Cubs will be talking to MLB before they head to Houston. Let’s wait until tonight to flip out over this.

how these people who run this sport can never seem to get their act together. Good god, you would think that this would be something that could be discussed at the winter meetings so they could have a roll out plan.

Its about as stupid as Bud saying that the best record in baseball cant have home field advantage in the world series because there would not be enough time to coordinate all the travel and other items. Well you dont know who is the world series untl the league series are played anyway.

We as the fans of baseball on this blog could run this league better than these guys!

Friday and Saturday games cancelled. Double header on Sunday, game on Monday. At least that is the tentative plan. Assinine. The coastal area of Texas is going to get pummeled, to include a potential 15 foot storm surge. Yet Bud the Dud Selig still thinks the Astros and Cubs should press on at Minute Maid Park while the good people of Texas face devastation. How does this prick Selig maintain employment year after year?

Sunday – No way can you fly in then play 2

I am THERE if they go!

Astros owner Drayton McLane expects to learn about noon today how the club will proceed for Friday’s series opener against the Chicago Cubs at Minute Maid Park.

As of 10 a.m., McLane said the Cubs were still expected to fly in tonight, but the key will be fans’ safety. McLane said the team is working closely with the emergency management services.

“The most important thing is people’s safety. We’re trying to do what is best for all our fans and their families. We’ll know more later today,” McLane said.