And now the weather...

[metirish]

Where the heck did you pull that guys name from?, just curious.

[MFS62]

metirish wrote: Where the heck did you pull that guys name from?, just curious.

I remember when he came up and led the Milwaukee Braves to the pennant. He hit over .400, and then was basically gone the next year.
I'm hoping Daniel Murphy doesn't have a similar career.

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[Benjamin Grimm]

Let's let Murphy lead the Mets to a pennant, and then we'll worry about the rest of his career.

[Guest AG/DC]

Blammo.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Murphy tried to lead last night. Unfortunately, no one followed.

[Gwreck]

I guess this is the official thread now?

1. It's still too close to call whether we get the game in tonight. The rain has stopped here in midtown for now, but the forecast still calls for a 90% chance of preciptation tonight. Whether we play is entirely dependent upon the pattern of the storm approaching from the south. It may well pass to the east of Queens and allow the game to get in. I think we play.

If we don't, we would almost certainly play a doubleheader on Saturday. The Mets would certainly prefer to do the game as a separate-admission DH, with the tickets from Friday night being valid for a game to be played probably at 7:10 or 7:40. To do this, they'll need a waiver from the player's union, as the CBA limits the number of day/night DHs that can be played per team, per season.

Playing a single-admission doubleheader on Saturday might be preferable for the players but would leave a *lot* of ticketholders from Friday's game angry, especially given that
1. They cannot exchange for a game this season, as Sunday is sold out and Saturday's is pretty well sold too
2. Despite stated policy, they cannot realistically exchange for a game next year, as the Mets don't know what ticket availability will be.
3. It'll be the last game at Shea for many.

Hence the separate admission doubleheader being extremely likely, IF we don't play tonight.

I predict we *do* play tonight (reserving the right to re-evaluate at 4 PM).

[HahnSolo]

As a ticketholder for tonight, I hope they can make an announcement of a postponement as soon as possible.

[Gwreck]

I would count on *exactly* the opposite. I suspect they'll wait as long as possible before calling it.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

HahnSolo wrote: As a ticketholder for tonight, I hope they can make an announcement of a postponement as soon as possible.

I wouldn't count on that.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Here's the latest:

="National Weather Service"]Late Afternoon: Rain likely. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 67. East wind around 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Tonight: Rain likely, then rain and possibly a thunderstorm after midnight. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Patchy fog. Low around 65. East wind between 7 and 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible. Saturday: Rain and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. High near 75. East wind between 9 and 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between one and two inches possible. Saturday Night: Showers, mainly before midnight. Low around 66. East wind between 7 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible. Sunday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. North wind between 8 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Maybe they can play a tripleheader on Sunday.

And here's what they have for Philadelphia:

="National Weather Service"] Late Afternoon: Periods of rain. High near 70. Northeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Tonight: Periods of rain, mainly after 3am. Low around 64. East wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Saturday: Periods of rain and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 75. East wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible. Saturday Night: Rain likely. Cloudy, with a low around 66. East wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Sunday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. Northwest wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

[Guest AG/DC]

Hey, Patchy Fogg is back.

[Frayed Knot]

Gwreck wrote: I would count on *exactly* the opposite. I suspect they'll wait as long as possible before calling it.

And, to be fair to the team, they really have to do that this weekend.
Too often in the reg season they fail to call games early on account of some vain hope of not losing a couple of bucks. In this case I'm not going to hang them for that.

[metirish]

How will the Shea farewell Sunday play in any of this I wonder , right now the weather here in Westchester is quite nice . Hopefully tonights game will get played.

[Guest AG/DC]

An awful scenario is out there (forgive me) where the Mets could lose games one and two, the Brews and Phils sweep games one and two, and the final game at Shea could be rained out.

And it would be just as well, because they'll burn the place down on Saturday anyhow.

[TransMonk]

Even asking for forgiveness...that's just evil.

[MFS62]

This is like the Chinese water torture.

Every drop that falls just enhances the anticipation and drives you mad.
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