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04-20-2018, 10:11 PM | #41 |
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Gets moved to OT Debates in 3... 2...
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That's why I said the whole thing got off topic. The opening post for discussion was "does the league need to shorten the season because so many early games get cancelled thanks to bad weather." Not anything about climate change or destruction of the environment. It went from a sports discussion to a political debate to a conflict over religion.
And I include myself among the guilty.
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So what's with "Schedule mix-up: 2" in 1901?
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04-22-2018, 04:23 PM | #44 |
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Back in the day when schedules were created by hand, sometimes mistakes were made. This usually involved one club being scheduled for two different cities on the same date, or one club being scheduled to host two different opponents on the same date.
In the case of the 1901, in the AL for July 3, Boston and Baltimore were scheduled to meet—but the schedule had a game between them in both Boston and Baltimore. The Boston at Baltimore game was cancelled, and the Baltimore at Boston game played. (The two clubs met again the next day in Boston in a holiday doubleheader.) Similarly, Philadelphia and Washington were scheduled to meet, but a game in each city was listed. The match-up at Washington was postponed, and the game in Philadelphia was played. (The two clubs played the next day in Philadelphia in a holiday doubleheader.) |
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Yeah, but the season used to start in mid-April instead of late March. Move opening day 10-14 days later and the problem will be no worse than it was back then.
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I hate the late game times when they begin the season on the West Coast but it's just cruel to play baseball in Cleveland in the sleet and snow. I love my city, but baseball down by the lake in mid-April is depressing.
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Again, this year has been an aberration. Postponement rates were much higher in the past; even in the 1970s it was over twice as high as compared to the 2010s.
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No. In 1980, when there were 162 games the season started in April 9th, 11 days later than this year. In 1990, the season again started on the 9th. The over-expanded playoffs pushed the season start back into the too cold period.
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2018 MLB postponement update
March/April: 27 May: 7 June: 4 July (1st through 12th): 0 Total: 38 Below is a table showing the number of postponement for each section of the regular season (March/April, May, June, July, August, September/October) for the 2009 through 2018 seasons. Code:
M/A May Jun Jul Aug S/O Total ----------------------------------- 2018 27 7 4 0 -- -- 38 ----------------------------------- 2017 12 15 1 2 6 3 39 2016 11 7 1 2 2 3 26 2015 6 5 8 4 1 14 38 2014 18 5 4 2 3 3 35 2013 18 8 6 3 0 2 37 2012 8 2 2 0 2 7 21 2011 17 15 2 2 11 4 51 2010 2 7 3 1 3 5 21 2009 12 8 6 3 2 6 37 |
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When I was a kid, I loved to go to the Giants and A's games, as part of a scheduled double header. Buy one ticket, get two games, with an hour between them.
Double headers were part of MLB for a hundred years, and only the greed of the owners caused them to go away. Throw in 5-6 Sunday double headers, and you chop off a full week from the season. |
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With the 2018 season only a few hours away from ending, and with all of today's games underway (and the distinct possibility that Monday will see two tie-breaking playoff games held), it looks like the final tally of postponements for this year will be 54.
March/April: 28 May: 7 June: 4 July: 5 August: 2 Sept./Oct.: 8 Of that total, 52 were originally scheduled games while 2 postponements were of make up games. 54 postponed games is more than the average number of 36 from over the last ten seasons. But the number can spike upward in individual seasons. In 2011, for example, there were 51 postponed games, almost as many as this year. |
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PLUS, there were a ton of double headers on the scheduled. I remember back in the '60s, my dad would take us to a Giants DH, and a DH with the Oakland A's. |
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Retrosheet's files, incidentally, do record the reasons for each postonement. Night games were the predominant time for baseball post-WWII, |
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Oh, and it looks almost certain now that major league baseball history will be made Monday, as for the first time, two tie-breaking playoff games will played.
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