Cubs lose millions in revenue. They do have a mutual day off that works and as far as I know since neither team would have to play more than 20 games without a day off the players have no right to object.

Personally I LOVE traditional double headers and in the old days the Cubs had more than a few from rain outs but my money is on June 15 and the extra millions it will bring.. One added freakish element is that the 14th is a “bargain” day meaning tickets are 40% less than
the two other Padre games AND if they went with June 15 they could make it a "Gold " game and tickets would be roughly twice the cost
of the 14th.

Cubs have a day game of course. It would a tricky thing to force season ticket holders to buy a game scheduled on 24 hours notice.
There may also well be a rule on notice the Cubs have to give on night games. I don’t see them doing a day /night

If their game was AT Cincy, I think a day-night DH here on Thursday would have been a no-brainer. But it’s in San Diego so I’m guessing they wouldn’t be thrilled with a night game on get away day.

BTW, whose call is it on issues like this? I realize players’ association has to approve if a make-up date goes outside of the what’s agreed upon in the bargaining agreement, but setting that aside, who makes the call? Home team? Does visiting team have any say or they just have to suck it up? Or maybe it’s totally up to MLB? (shudder….)

Weather.com showed the that it was likely to rain non stop but hey Al I know how much you LOVE sitting in rain delays and rain soaked games so I am pulling for one for you.

THe time between 6-9 according to Weather.com says scattered showers. THis gives the Cubs the out to wait….and to open the park and sell some concessions. They might actually get the game started. They don’t want to lose this crowd.

One reasonable option is a traditional DH on Thursday. I can’t see them making this a night game considering all that goes into having night games (for instance the crowd control the team has agreed to as part of the agreement to have night games), and the selling of a new game tickets at the drop of a hat. I can’t see them saying that all the original tickets are good for the night game either without giving us the option to get refunds, like they are doing for the Cardinal game, so I cant see a D/N DH happening.

   The only other thing is if they play the game at the end of the season if needed.

But as I said at first, I do believe that they will NOT call the game early, and will do all in their power to try to get it in.

Kasey

I am sure the Brewers who are playing the Marlins at home won’t mind postponing their game since after all a Cubs game will bring them
a LOT more revenue.

If the game is rained out you will in fact be entitled to a refund , watch the Cubs web site for into. As I have set I see it being made up on 6/15 and they will most likely do what they did with the Cards rain out. The tickets AUTOMATICALLY become valid for THAT GAME but you will have a few weeks to return them for a refund if you do NOT want the game. Season ticket holders would automatically have the game from the "original’ ticket. If you got the tickets directly ( as in not from broker, stubhub etc) it will work out.

4 1/2 if the Cubs are ahead. After that the game is official. If the score is TIED after that and it the rain hits and won’t go away they can pick it up on Thursday. If one or the other team ahead it is official. If they don’t get in the 5 innings the game is wash out and has to be played from scratch

It was official BEFORE the storm. It should not have been resumed. Tonight it basically boils down to a reasonable window to get in 5 innings. The one thing you DO NOT WANT TO DO is start and have the rain come after two innings, ruining Ted’s start and ending up with no game ( come to think of it maybe Ted could just use his right hand to hold off the rain while he is pitching. That should solve the problem.

I went to a day game in 98 where the sky turned pitch black. All I remember were 1000s of people huddled up near the concessions and what not. The game finished, but man, I think I was fully prepared to kiss my butt goodbye. All I remember last year are the storms we got here, which were as freightening. I think we had a tornado warning here.

But let’s get the game in tonight.

It would mean the Cubs would play TWENTY SIX games without a day off and twenty three for the Padres for slightly better travel plans
Both teams have SEVERAL days off in June meaning that playing on the 15th would not result in any huge number of days without a break. Right now you can reschedule the game for the 15th without the agreement of the players if you want to play more than 20 days without a break both teams must agree. The Cubs would be nuts to agree and I don’t even think the Padres would want to.

… showed rain decreasing in intensity and areal coverage. Hopefully, that’ll be it. Right now it is not raining on the North Side.

… how amazed I am at how obsessed you are with this, considering you are not even in Chicago right now.

You will then have time to make the game once you are done with work.

…I believe this Fanpost should be left up forever. After all, the question can always be asked. What if there is a rainout tomorrow? Where will we go? What will we do? And what about the children? We’ve got to think of the children.