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While We wait to see if the rain will force a delay in the ALCS, be sure to read the Baseball Analysts ALCS Smackdown between Rich Lederer (the most knowledgable, articulate Angels fan this side of Matt Welch) and Jeremy Green, a Yankees partisan.

ADDED: The Monkey w/ A Halo Blog interviewed a Yankees blogger if you are looking for something to read between now and the first pitch...

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If you want official rain-related game notifications...

http://twitter.com/YankeesWeather

This is the Yankees official Twitter feed for weather. Currently, gates scheduled to open on time today.

that page is full of contradictions
Gah

Sorry, I didn’t look at the dates. I thought the tweeter was insane or something

move along please

I did the same thing!

beanies

Anyone know where to get the official knit cap, modeled by Jered Weaver?

the red ones w/blue trim?

if so I have a couple brand new ones

yeah

how? and how do i find one?

Hey Rev! Did you see that Mike diGiovanna picked the Angels in 7?
Any chance they move up the start time?

Looks like the rain might not start until after 6 eastern.

Not a chance in NYC.
Unfortunately no

This would blow up the TV schedule, and of course we can’t have that (even though having the game delayed will blow up the schedule even worse). Baseball has never managed these things well. Think up the least logical response to these situations (i.e. waiting and playing the game at its normal scheduled time despite the weather reports) and there’s a 99% chance MLB will take that course of action.

That's what I thought.
precisely

hey clear skies!!! oh wait… nevermind

Or to paraphrase...

There’s a Right Way, a Wrong Way, and the MLB Way.

any relation to Howard Lederer

makes you wonder.

Great smackdown!

Very entertaining. Well done, Rich and Jeremy!

somewhere, a 70 million dollar retractible roof is laughing.
And next year it will continue to laugh at Minnesota.

Honestly, what are they thinking?

MLB.com

seems to think were playing the Phillies in the NLCS. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/homepage/narrowband.jsp

That's pretty bad.
All that money they spent on a new stadium...

and it doesn’t even come with a roof? Weak!

It’s 85 degrees and sunny here in SoCal. Baseball weather indeed.

This weather is anti-climatic. (sic)

Seriously, is it time yet? Is it time for the game yet? Ohboyohboyohboyohboy! Can hardly wait.

I wish...

All this weather talk makes me wish I were home in SoCal right now, not in New York. :( (I did by my ticket for THX today, though!)

that settles it........

The next 4 games at the Big A…………best record be damned…..LOL.

Wow, Lederer with some uncharacteristic smack!
Thank goodness, FOX only shows Timmy in the booth from the waist up.
Wait, wait... this isn't the Verbivore Richard Lederer, right?

If I have to wait another day to watch the Halos

I’m gonna be so pissed!!! Fuck the RAin!!

from the (ny) times

A.L.C.S. Weather Update: Outlook Improved

on the other hand,

reporter thinks first pitch is at 7:30. so who knows…

ACCORDING TO THE REGISTERS MARK WHICKER

IT IS DRY RIGHT NOW IN THE BRONX THO IT IS CLOUDY……ITS A 10 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN UNTIL 10 PM THEN IT GOES UP TO 60….

Ouch. You used the W word. ALL CAPS
ALL CAPS

works 60% of the time, all the time.

That...doesn't make any logical sense.
Anchorman quote my friend.
I think his response was, too.
Yeah, fail--you didn't get the reference?

I was afraid that would happen… :-D

nope, sounded like a typical response to me.

:(

actually

it makes perfect sense. If a player gets on base 6 out of ten times every time for their entire career….then they get on base 60% of the time, 100% of the time…aka 60% of the time, all the time.

I guess.

Again, Anchorman quote

But yes, I suppose that does kind of make kind of sense?

10 percent chance of rain with a 75 percent chance of rape?
I'm from southern California,

Does a nor’ easter have anything to do with colored eggs and bunnies?

I wouldn't mind

If they only got four innings in before getting rained out. That would get Sabathia out of the game early, and the Angels could still put Ervin Santana out there when play resumes. I’d like me some Chad Gaudin.

I will be at work during game time.

LETS GO HALOS!!! LETS GO HALOS!!! LETS GO HALOS!!! LETS GO HALOS!!! LETS GO HALOS!!!

Wow, where'd you get that graphic? It's pretty nifty!
mahalo

I make them with Paint.net

Sweet. So you drew the little guy, too?
Copy and paste,

with a few deletions here and there. Add something, adjust over there, and wallah.

Game 1 Line ups

Yanks
SS Derek Jeter

LF Johnny Damon

1B Mark Teixeira

3B Alex Rodriguez

DH Hideki Matsui

C Jorge Posada

2B Robinson Cano

RF Nick Swisher

CF Melky Cabrera

LHP CC Sabathia

Halos:
3B Chone Figgins

RF Bobby Abreu

CF Torii Hunter

DH Vladimir Guerrero

LF Juan Rivera

1B Kendry Morales

2B Howie Kendrick

C Jeff Mathis

SS Erick Aybar

RHP John Lackey

Augh why Mathis??

Guess he did come through in ALDS Game 1…but really? Kind of ridiculous.

there's a radar map on weather.com

Using the “future” setting it shows nothing hitting NY before 10pm.

So we might get 5 innings in today.
While we're on the topic, kind of

For you Bruin types, I’ll be in O’Haras or Brewco for most of game time if it happens.

I just looked at this...

http://www.weather.com/outlook/events/sports/hourbyhour/graph/36410:20

It looks good for a game. Cold but good chance of no rain. The baseball gods want us to play.

Hopefully they agree with us on who should emerge victorious!
Anybody else want this game started, already?

Lets go!

yes, let's get this thing going.
Got all my Angels gear on!!!

Let’s do thi Big Thunder!!!

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