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Red Sox lost to the Skankees on a grand slam in the bottom of the 9th, but clinched the division b/c Toronto lost. So maybe they will ease up. We need to win one more than them, since they win the tie-breaker.

We're learning enough about some of the Clippers pitchers to clear a few roster spots for the winter. Joe Colon whose promotion mystified me and Austin Adams are primed fro the waiver wire. Cody Anderson stinks this year but has had enough success in the past to earn another try in 2017. Garner needs to work on command but keeps the ball in the park which is better than the previously cited trio.

Can you stand the rain? Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers dealing with the elements on Thursday

on September 29, 2016 at 11:50 AM, updated September 29, 2016 at 12:02 PM

DETROIT -- The city of Detroit is under water.
Batting cages under waterThe Indians' batting cages are under water.Zack Meisel, cleveland.com

Well, parts of Comerica Park are, at least. A steady rainfall, which started on Wednesday afternoon, has created a mess for the Indians and Tigers, whose Thursday afternoon game appears to be in jeopardy.

The Indians had two buses scheduled to depart the team hotel in Birmingham, Michigan, at about 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Flooding and highway closures made the first bus more than an hour late to the ballpark. The Indians had to bail on the second bus and, instead, take cabs to downtown Detroit.

By 11:15 a.m., only a handful of Tribe players had arrived. First pitch was scheduled for 1:10 p.m. A deep puddle spanned the length of the warning track, which borders the field. The Indians' batting cages were submerged under a couple of inches of water.

The tarp has covered the infield since the teams were interrupted by a rain delay -- which turned into the end of the game -- on Wednesday night. The Tigers claimed a 6-3 victory in a five-inning affair.


If the Indians and Tigers are rained out Thursday afternoon at Comerica Park, the Indians would have to return to Detroit on Monday to make up the game if the Tigers still have a chance to win a wild card spot.

The forecast appears pretty bleak. If the teams have to postpone Thursday's matinee, the clubs would reconvene at Comerica Park on Monday, unless the game did not carry any postseason implications. The Tigers sit one game behind the Orioles in the chase for the second Wild Card spot. The Indians are jockeying for postseason seeding with Boston and Texas.

OK, so that could pretty well suck for the Tribe if they ended up having to play Monday!

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62 years ago today, Willie Mays pulled off the impossible
play known simply as 'The Catch'

Just tuned in the game to see the field covered and rain coming down

If we play today, Kipnis and Santana are sitting.

TFIR wrote:OK, so that could pretty well suck for the Tribe if they ended up having to play Monday!

Our lineup will look like Tuesday's!

Game has been canceled, will be made up Monday, if either teams needs it. (DET for Wild Card purposes, us for home-field purposes.)

I thought "The Catch" was in a baseball game, not a softball game.

Tribe washed out, will play Monday if needed

Makeup game vs. Tigers will depend on postseason implications

By Jordan Bastian / MLB.com | @MLBastian | 6:50 PM ET

DETROIT -- The Indians tried to wait out the rain on Thursday, but they will now be forced to wait to find out if they need to return to Detroit ahead of the American League Division Series.

Due to heavy rainfall that pounded Detroit overnight and persisted through Thursday afternoon and evening, Cleveland's scheduled game against the Tigers was postponed. If the contest has any impact on the AL's postseason picture, the Indians and Tigers will meet on Monday at Comerica Park for a makeup game.

"I'm not sure what you can do. I haven't figured out a way to control the weather," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "I think this is one of the days where you're glad that you're not 20 games out, as opposed to being in it. All it is, is an inconvenience. We can live with that."

As a result of a clarification that became effective for this season, Major League Baseball requires all 162 games to be played, if a game impacts seeding or home-field advantage for the postseason. If a game would have no impact on seeding or home-field advantage, then it would not have to be played.

If a game proves necessary in any way -- for either club or for seeding purposes -- then it will be rescheduled for Monday.

For the game to matter for the Indians, they would need to be a half-game ahead of Texas or Boston through Sunday, because both the Rangers and Red Sox own a tiebreaker over Cleveland. A win would then secure home field for the Tribe for at least the ALDS. If the Indians were a half-game behind either team, playing Monday's game would not impact the postseason seeding.

As things stand, the AL East-champion Red Sox (92-66) would open at home against the Indians in the ALDS, while the AL West-champion Rangers (94-65) would await the winner of the AL Wild Card Game. Detroit headed into Thursday one game back of the Orioles for the AL's second Wild Card spot, while Toronto had a one-game advantage over Baltimore.

This weekend, the Red Sox will host the Blue Jays for three games, while the Rangers play the Rays in a three-game set in Arlington. Cleveland has three road games in Kansas City to round out its planned regular-season slate.

Francona shrugged off the possibility of needing to return to Detroit.

"It doesn't matter," Francona said. "We have three days off [after Sunday]. We'd have two instead. I think it'd be a fun game to play, actually. So, either way, we'll be OK. It's not that big of a deal."

The Indians, who will begin their ALDS matchup on Oct. 6, reshuffled their rotation slightly in the wake of the postponement. Rookie lefty Ryan Merritt was scheduled to start on Thursday, but he will now pitch on Friday night in Kansas City. Right-handers Trevor Bauer (Saturday) and Josh Tomlin (Sunday) will pitch the last two games in that series.

Thursday's game was called after a delay of four hours and 13 minutes, during which Francona, Tigers manager Brad Ausmus and the umpires walked the field to examine the conditions. The Indians noted that the field took in more than six inches of rain in the past 24 hours.

"It couldn't have taken any more water at all," Francona said. "At that point we were a little iffy, like it was soft. With the forecast coming, it was going to be tough. ... For us to be inconvenienced for four hours isn't the end of the world. And I understand why [it was postponed]. And the communication was good."

I listened to that game and I'll never forget who hit that ball as well as who caught it.

Bob Lemon vs Sal Maglie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayrzg8RFHe4

1954 World Series
New York Giants over Cleveland Indians (4-0 ...
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