In a very interesting development, MLB spokesman Pat Courtney said that it is possible that the Phillies/Rockies Game 3 could be postponed...due to cold. And quite frankly, if the forecast holds, it absolutely should.
Right now, Weather.com's forecast for 8pm Denver-time tomorrow is 32 degrees, with a wind chill of 21 degrees, and a 30% chance of snow and freezing rain. At 11pm, around when the game will end, it calls for 29 degrees, with a wind chill of 19 degrees, and a 30% chance of snow and freezing rain.
The coldest start-time temperature over the last 22 years, according the Courtney, was 38 degrees, for Game 4 of the World Series between the Indians and Marlins. The wind chill in Colorado would be 17 degrees below that, at 11 degrees below freezing.
In my opinion, playing in this level of cold changes the game too much. It will be impossible for pitchers to get loose, the ball with be an ice block, the ball won't take anything resembling normal hops in the field, a...
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