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Weather Or Not: Can Baseball Avoid Early-Season Bad Weather?
It's two-thirds of the way through April, yet the weather forecast reads more like mid-March: Today: Rain, possibly mixed with snow, becoming all rain after 1pm. High near 46. Breezy, with a west northwest wind between 15 and 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%....
Weather Miserable, Lilly Outstanding: Cubs 4, Rockies 0
Before today, the last time I had been in Wrigley Field for a professional sporting event was on January 1 for the NHL Winter Classic. Trust me on this one. The weather was better then than it was today. Today was my 28th consecutive home opener (and 33rd home opener overall), and while we've...
Know Your Foe: Rox head east to the Windy City, NL West "Aces" folding
The schedule-makers were not kind to the Rockies in April. Every foe save the Padres are widely considered the top (or second best) team in their division. There's Arizona, the WS Champion Phillies, Cubs, Dodgers, D-backs again, Dodgers again, and finally San Diego. The difficult month will be a...
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