Aside from playing havoc with people’s lives down south, Hurricane Ike is playing havoc with the MLB schedule. There were six rainouts on Friday.
That includes the Cubs-Astros series in Houston. Some Cubs players are wanting to play at a neutral site but Astros manager Cecil Cooper is pretty adamant about playing at home.
"Minute Maid is where we should play them," he said.
I had heard rumors about playing them Cubs-Astros series at Turner Field in Atlanta but that’s exactly what they were. Rumors.
9/13 Update: Looks like the games will indeed be played. Not at Turner Field but at Wrigley North aka Miller Park in Milwaukee. Boy, if I were Cecil Cooper, I wouldn’t be happy.
Neither if I were the Milwaukee Brewers. A division rival using the home park where the fans can pack in to root their team to victory only to hurt the Brewers’ cause.
But I’m a Cubs fan so yeah, good idea.
First game is Sunday at 7:05pm.