Sox vs Cubs

[winninguglyin83]

Sure looks unlikely that they'll play any more tonight.

 

Split DH at separate parks tomorrow?

[caulfield12]

One thing that's not encouraging tonight.

 

If Porcello finally gets it together (shut out in the late innings with 10 K's against a good Pirates team), then you can forget chasing down the Tigers in the 2nd half.

 

 

And the Royals have to be THIS close to firing Ned Yost...down to the Cardinals again.

 

2 more at StL, then going to the weekend to face the Rangers. Perfect storm.

Edited May 29, 2013 by caulfield12

[flavum]

Sure looks unlikely that they'll play any more tonight.

 

Split DH at separate parks tomorrow?

 

Nah, they won't compete with the Blackhawks tomorrow night.

[fathom]

Looking at the radar, it's hard to imagine this game resuming.

[flavum]

POSTPONED. No makeup date.

[fathom]

POSTPONED. No makeup date.

 

Yay

[The Ginger Kid]

yes! This had loss written all over it. Sox are walking dead.

[Buehrle>Wood]

I forget, what is the criteria for the makeup vs. Resumed game?

[fathom]

I forget, what is the criteria for the makeup vs. Resumed game?

 

Basically, this game never happened. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Edited May 29, 2013 by fathom

[caulfield12]

Basically, this game never happened. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

 

 

Only if they got past 5 1/2 innings and it was tied or an official game...this game is GONE.

 

 

[flavum]

https://twitter.com/JesseCrain/status/33956...3161472/photo/1

[southsider2k5]

I forget, what is the criteria for the makeup vs. Resumed game?

 

Tie game after the "official" mark, or a game where they home team hasn't had their turn after the "official" mark is something that is resumed. Home team leads after "official", home team wins. Other than that, postponed, and start all over.

[The Ginger Kid]

I forget, what is the criteria for the makeup vs. Resumed game?

Before a baseball game commences, unless it is the second game of a doubleheader, the manager of the home team is in charge of deciding whether or not the game should be delayed or canceled due to rain or other inclement weather. Once the home team manager hands his lineup card to the umpire shortly before the game is to begin, the umpire-in-chief has sole discretion to decide if a game should be delayed or canceled.

[JoshPR]

Holy crap!!!!

[The Ginger Kid]

But you don't have to postpone a game after a rain delay - it can be suspended as well.

[Buehrle>Wood]

Wikipedia has a surprisingly interesting article on rain delay rules:

 

Generally, Major League Baseball teams will continue play in light to moderate rain but will suspend play if it is raining heavily or if there is standing water on the field. Games can also be delayed or canceled for other forms of inclement weather, or if the field is found to be unfit for play, and for other unusual causes such as bees. Bee delays and cancellations have occurred in games such as the spring training game in 2005 that was canceled, as well as the 2009 Astros-Padres game that was delayed in the ninth inning. However, rain is by far the most common cause for cancellations or stoppages of play.

 

Before a baseball game commences, unless it is the second game of a doubleheader, the manager of the home team is in charge of deciding whether or not the game should be delayed or canceled due to rain or other inclement weather (see Rule 3.10 of baseball's Official Rules). Once the home team manager hands his lineup card to the umpire shortly before the game is to begin, the umpire-in-chief has sole discretion to decide if a game should be delayed or canceled (see Rule 3.10 and Rule 4.01 of the Official Rules). This also applies to the second game of a doubleheader. Umpires are required by rule to wait at least 30 minutes to see if conditions improve; this is referred to as a rain delay and is not counted as part of the length of the game listed in the box score. In practice, umpires are encouraged to see that games are played if at all possible, and will sometimes wait as long as three hours before declaring a rainout.

 

If a game is rained out before play begins, it is rescheduled for a later date. If it has already begun and rain falls, several scenarios are used to determine the need to resume play:

 

If the game has completed the top half of the 5th inning and the home team is ahead, the game can be deemed an official game. The home team is declared the winner, and the game officially counts in standings.

If the game has completed the bottom half of the 5th inning and either team is ahead, the game can be deemed an official game. The leading team is declared the winner, and the game officially counts in standings. (In some Minor League Baseball and college games, this scenario is possible only in the final game of a series.) However, if the game is rained out prior to the completion of an inning in which the visiting team scored one or more runs to take the lead, and the home team has not retaken the lead, the game is suspended, to be resumed at a later date.

If the game has completed the 5th inning, and the teams are tied, if the game is a playoff game (regardless of inning), or in college and some Minor League Baseball games, it is not the final game in the series (the first or second game in a three-game series, also regardless of inning), the game is considered suspended, and the resumption of the game is scheduled for a future date (usually the following day). The game picks up from where it left off.

If none of the previous scenarios apply, the game can not be deemed official. The umpire declares "No Game," and a make-up of the game is scheduled for a future date unless it is not feasible. The latter occurs mainly among the minor leagues and college due to travel schedules, and only in the major leagues among teams that have been declared mathematically eliminated from postseason play where no benefit in the standings would be derived. The statistics compiled during the rained out game are not counted.

In the Major League Baseball postseason, all games stopped at any time for weather are considered suspended and continued from the point of stoppage when play resumes, no matter if the game has not reached the requirements above.[2] This rule was put into place as a result of Game 5 of the 2008 World Series, which was the first postseason game in history to be suspended and resumed from the point of suspension. Prior to 2008, a playoff game had to be official in order to be suspendable; a playoff game stopped prior to that point had to be started over. An example was Game 1 of the 1982 National League Championship Series which reached the top of the fifth inning but had to be restarted from scratch the next day.

[South Side Fireworks Man]

yes! This had loss written all over it. Sox are walking dead.

Yep. I think the Sox lucked out of a loss tonight. Let's hope they come back playing a lot better tomorrow.

[caulfield12]

Have they announced if they're going to stay with their normal rotation order or move Sale up a day or two to rest another starter?

 

 

[The Beast]

Let's change this f***ing thing around so I don't hear more stupid s*** from Cubs fans about this series. I called 3 of 4 wins, so let's make this happen. Destroy these idiots tomorrow and Thursday.

[Noonskadoodle]

https://twitter.com/JesseCrain/status/33956...3161472/photo/1

 

They couldnt play through that?

 

PSHHH CMONNNN....FOR THE FANS!!!!

 

[flavum]

Have they announced if they're going to stay with their normal rotation order or move Sale up a day or two to rest another starter?

 

That's probably something they'll figure out flying to California tomorrow night. Maybe they can push Sale up, and give Quintana an extra day. That would make sense.

[South Side Fireworks Man]

Let's hope they don't reschedule the game for the day that Samardzija is due to start.

[caulfield12]

This Wilson kid pitching for the Pirates (against the Tiggers) out of the pen now is quite impressive.

 

He just threw a 93 MPH slider/cutter.

 

He's Matt Thornton in his prime, easy motion...failed starter, very similar.

 

 

0-0 going to the 10th inning. Pirates' starter was former Indian Jeanmar Gomez.

Edited May 29, 2013 by caulfield12

[Noonskadoodle]

This Wilson kid pitching for the Pirates (against the Tiggers) out of the pen now is quite impressive.

 

He just threw a 93 MPH slider/cutter.

 

He's Matt Thornton in his prime, easy motion...failed starter, very similar.

 

 

0-0 going to the 10th inning. Pirates' starter was former Indian Jeanmar Gomez.

 

That entire bullpen has been money.

 

I believe they are towards the top in MLB.....seem to be really overachieving when going through the names in the pen.

 

 

[caulfield12]

That entire bullpen has been money.

 

I believe they are towards the top in MLB.....seem to be really overachieving when going through the names in the pen.

 

We actually brought Jason Grilli back from the dead about a decade ago when he was a busted prospect.

 

Can't believe he's STILL around. Shows you everything you need to know about bullpens...like Cotts/Politte in 2005, or Veal's success last year. You're always going to need a little luck.

 

And Melancon's a former closer.

 

 

Neil Walker homer in top of the 11th reminiscent of Geoff Blum in Game 3 of the 2005 World Series...kind of came out of nowhere. 1-0 Pirates.

 

Grilli 20/20 in converting save opportunities 1/3rd of the way through the season. That's almost unbelievable.

Edited May 29, 2013 by caulfield12