Weather for 2-game Dodger series

[shortround81]

[Squirrel]

  On 4/12/2022 at 8:56 PM, shortround81 said:

 

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yes

[shortround81]

  On 4/12/2022 at 9:57 PM, Squirrel said:

yes

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?

[Mike Sixel]

  On 4/12/2022 at 9:44 PM, PDX Twin said:

Rarely is not never! But I would have told you it never snows in April.

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It never had.....not once had there been measurable snow in Portland (since 1940, when they started keeping records). Also, how had we not kept records before that? 

[Mike Sixel]

Oh god. I just looked at my post count. I really need to stop coming here.

[James]

  On 4/12/2022 at 6:07 PM, Mike Sixel said:

So, no games in MN, Chicago (2 teams), NY (2 teams), Boston, Pittsburgh, Philly, Detroit? How about Colorado or Cleveland? That is 11 teams.....If you play baseball in April or October, you will have weather issues. 

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Denver is actually very sunny.  Nearly 70% days are sunny.  So, we could lower that to 10 teams.

But I agree with your point.  Weather is going to happen, especially in April.  I mean, I have a Twins stocking cap.  I need to wear that to games on occasion.  Seems like a silly thing to do in July. 

[USAFChief]

  On 4/12/2022 at 9:49 PM, shortround81 said:

That's what I thought. I live up in the Fargo area. For Opening Day was it just about the temps or was it raining then, too? 

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Yes.

[Squirrel]

  On 4/12/2022 at 10:01 PM, Mike Sixel said:

Oh god. I just looked at my post count. I really need to stop coming here.

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But we’re glad you can’t seem to help yourself!

[PDX Twin]

  On 4/12/2022 at 9:59 PM, Mike Sixel said:

It never had.....not once had there been measurable snow in Portland (since 1940, when they started keeping records). Also, how had we not kept records before that? 

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I think that 1940 is when the official weather station moved to the current airport location. They restarted all the official records to keep them comparable. (Probably more for temperature than precipitation, though.)

[stringer bell]

I think those crazy kids are going to try to play in the rain………forcing the issue on days like this is what I don’t like about an open-air park. 

[Craig Arko]

  On 4/12/2022 at 10:44 PM, stringer bell said:

I think those crazy kids are going to try to play in the rain………forcing the issue on days like this is what I don’t like about an open-air park. 

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Think of it as a referendum on the pace of play issue.

[RickOShea]

Minnesota is a regional team in a lot of ways.  We draw fans from the surrounding states.  I would prefer ideal weather, but i would be more frustrated if they didn't try and have games under less than ideal conditions.  Nothing worse than loading up the family and driving a few hundred miles, only to see a game postponed due to less than ideal conditions.

I always thought of this when Gardy would rest Mauer on Sundays.  Fans who had to come on weekends were denied to see him play live.  I would have preferred to see him have another day, during the week, off.

[Rosterman]

Well, the Twins (and Saints) took a chance on the weather. It ws a beautiful night, in many ways, for a game until 9:30ish. The rain parkas came out, but Target Field is not a bad place if it isn't unbearably cold.

 

But they maybe should've stopped play when they flashed the severe thunderstorm coming, move to the concourse message and covered the field...finishing the tied (at that point) game the next day.

[tony&rodney]

Real lucky there were not any apparent injuries.