IGT 4/16/13 - Mets @ Rockies - Game #1

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Looks like low temps and snow are predicted for tonight, so odds are this game will not be played tonight.

But I'll throw up this IGT just in case. Maybe I can set a record for most consecutive IGT's for postponed games.

OE:

New York Mets ?@Mets 1m #Mets snowed out tonight. Split doubleheader tomorrow. Game times: 3:10 p.m. and 8:40 p.m. (EDT)

I guess we'll use this thread for the 3:10 pm game.

Edited April 15, 2013 by Guest

[Benjamin Grimm]

National Weather Service wrote: Snow. Low around 26. North wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

[Edgy MD]

Orange balls!

[Benjamin Grimm]

I think you should have a doctor take a look at that.

[Edgy MD]

No game.

Weather aligning to complement our three-deep rotation.

[Ceetar]

Edgy MD wrote: No game. Weather aligning to complement our three-deep rotation.

Canceled? Justin Turner was just tweeting about how bad it looked, but didn't see anything official.

[Edgy MD]

Well, I had a source at the time. On bus now and I recall not what it was.

[Gwreck]

http://colorado.rockies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130415&content_id=44862150&vkey=pr_col&c_id=col

DENVER - The Colorado Rockies vs. New York Mets game originally scheduled for today (April 15, 2013) at 6:40 p.m. MDT (Game #4) will now be played Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 1:10 p.m. as the first game of a split double header (separate tickets will be required for each game). Early gates will open at 11:30 a.m., parking lots open at 11:00 a.m.

Tickets from the April 15, 2013 game are valid for the April 16, 2013, 1:10 p.m. game only.

The second game of the split double header will be at its regularly scheduled time, 6:40 p.m. MDT on Tuesday, April 16, 2013. Only tickets printed with April 16, 2013, 6:40 p.m. will be valid for the second game. Gates for the second game will open at approximately 5:30 p.m.

Jackie Robinson Day will be celebrated during the first game tomorrow, as both teams will wear the #42 jerseys during the 1:10 p.m. game as was originally planned for tonight's game.

[Ceetar]

Gee in the first game, haven't decided on Laffey or Hefner for the second.

Mets will need a 6th starter now, barring another snowout.

[ashie62]

The Rockies are off to an 8-4 start. Not bad for that mess...Lets hope the Mets can keep in going in a town where they have had trouble..

[ashie62]

It can snow til Harvey is up...

[Lefty Specialist]

They need to postpone these games until after Wheeler is called up, dammit.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

[ashie62]

Love it...

[Edgy MD]

[MFS62]

Predicting pitchers duels. You don't score too much with frozen balls.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

MFS62 wrote: Predicting pitchers duels. You don't score too much with frozen balls.

I believe the 'That's what she said' line here is well enough implied and therefore unnecessary to even type.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I wonder how they plow a baseball field without tearing up the sod?

Currently, three and a half hours before game time, it's 30 degrees and cloudy in Denver.

National Weather Service wrote: Today A chance of snow showers and freezing drizzle before noon, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers. Cloudy, with a high near 40. East southeast wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. Tonight A chance of rain and snow before 9pm, then snow likely. Cloudy, with a low around 26. North northeast wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

[metsmarathon]

i'm thinking they probably use big industrial-sized leaf blowers. hopefully sny will have some instructive footage.

[ashie62]

Valdespin 9
Murphy 4
Wright 5
Davis 3
Buc 2
Duda 7
Nieuwenhuis 8
Tejada 6
Gee 1

E Young 8
Herrera 4
Gonzalez 7
Tulowitzki 6
Cuddyer 9
Helton 3
Rosario 2
Nelson 5
Nicasio 1

[Benjamin Grimm]

Afternoon weather forecast looking a bit better. (No more mention of "freezing drizzle.")

National Weather Service wrote: A slight chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. Southeast wind 7 to 11 mph becoming northeast. Winds could gust as high as 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

[soupcan]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I wonder how they plow a baseball field without tearing up the sod?

I think they melt it rather than plow or blow it (did she say that too?). Some of the newer stadia have heated tubes under the playing surfaces and the drainage systems are probably state of the art as well.

[seawolf17]

soupcan wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: I wonder how they plow a baseball field without tearing up the sod? I think they melt it rather than plow or blow it (did she say that too?). Some of the newer stadia have heated tubes under the playing surfaces and the drainage systems are probably state of the art as well.

"Yeah, we decided not to install those here at Coors because we so rarely get snow."

[TransMonk]

MLB.TV reporting that this game is in a rain delay.

[Edgy MD]

Pick a precipitation and go with it!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

As per Guys! in the pregame, they're still clearing snow from the field, having got much more overnight than they had anticipated, timewise, during their removal planning.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Associated Press wrote: Colorado�s game with the New York Mets is in a delay despite the efforts by Rockies owner Dick Monfort and general manager Dan O�Dowd to help shovel the field to squeeze in a doubleheader on Tuesday. No new start time has been announced yet. The game was scheduled for 1:10 p.m. (MDT), with the nightcap set for 6:40 p.m. Monfort and O�Dowd joined the grounds crew members and assisted in removing most of the eight inches of snow from the outfield. Workers still have to clear snow that�s piled high in front of the Rockies� dugout and down the right-field line. The temperature at first pitch for the afternoon game will be around 38 degrees, making this one of the top-10 coldest games at Coors Field. The record is 28 degrees on April 12, 1997, against Montreal.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

As per SNY, they're aiming for a 4:30p EDT/2:30p MDT start.

[seawolf17]

Packed house, tweets Rubin.

[Ceetar]

seawolf17 wrote: Packed house, tweets Rubin.

They better make sure they kick all those people out after the game, or the night crowd might not fit.