8/19 Cardinals (Wells) @ Cubs (Zambrano) 7:05 ESPN

[BCVM22]

There's a significant population of expatriate American families living in Saudi Arabia working for oil companies and the like. Most of these white kids playing for Saudi Arabia are kids from those families.

[ctcf]

Large surge of people leaving. Wonder if they called it.

[CubsBears29]

Just got home... so will we get the game in tonight or not?

 

I checked the score on MLB.com at work, at 7p, and its was in delay then... checked exactly 2 hours later, still delayed... and still yet delayed 35 minutes later.... what's the cutoff time that they'll wait??

[Dirt Dog Sparly]

Apologies if this was already posted (if so, just tell me the page number if possible), but can someone refresh my memory on this. If we get through 5 with the lead, is it game over assuming it gets rained out? Or do we just finish the game from the 5th when possible like we've done earlier with that game in the 8th? I forget if there was a change in the rules this season.

 

It all depends.

 

1) We are leading at the end of the the Cardinals half of the fifth, we win.

 

2) We take the lead in our half of the bottom of the fifth, suspended game.

 

3) We dont make it the fifth and it really dosent matter.

The other change is if the game is official but tied. Under the old rules it was declared a tie game (meaning individual statistics count but the game had to be replayed in its entirety). Under the new rules it's suspended and resumed.

 

I bow to you sir for the correctness of your post. :)

[synergy]

In the Wrigley cam, there are people heading back inside, are they getting the game in?

[Alfonso Soriano]

In the Wrigley cam, there are people heading back inside, are they getting the game in?

You can't re-enter the stadium

[Handlebar McSkullet]

there is a ton of people leaving

[Bruno7481]

In the Wrigley cam, there are people heading back inside, are they getting the game in?

 

Who knows?

[Alfonso Soriano]

My friend just called me and looks like the game is called

[JGalt73]

Per WGN radio feed, tons of water in the outfield, would take a long while to get the field in playing shape, and looks like more storms are developing to the West. They are not too hopeful about getting this in.

[cubbieblue12]

In the Wrigley cam, there are people heading back inside, are they getting the game in?

You can't re-enter the stadium

 

 

I think he means back into their seats as opposed to back in the ballpark.

[NCCubFan]

In the Wrigley cam, there are people heading back inside, are they getting the game in?

cubs.com still shows the game as delayed rather than postponed. For the reasons mentioned in this thread they'll probably wait a long time before calling it and make every effort to at least get an official game in.

[CubsBears29]

With the amount of people it looks that are exiting, I'm betting they've called it.

[E.J.]

With the amount of people it looks that are exiting, I'm betting they've called it.

 

Agreed. There are a ton of people leaving now.

[ctcf]

Trivia for the night: Andruw Jones and former Cub Randall Simon are from Curacao.

 

The More You Know!

[Brian]

ESPN is sure having bad luck trying to broadcast Cubs/Cardinals games this season.

[E.J.]

ESPN just broke back in. Saying still in rain delay.

[Alfonso Soriano]

Wow still rain delay

My friend was wrong

[rickrolled]

Another update from ESPN, nothing new though...

[CubsBears29]

ESPN (Jon Miller) still saying that there COULD BE baseball yet tonight - if they decide to re-start the game.

[IowaCubsFan]

Since tomorrow is getaway day, they won't schedule a DH, will they? Wouldn't this be a game that gets made up at a later date, even if the Cards don't come back to Wrigley?

[Dirt Dog Sparly]

ESPN said they would pick up the coverage when and IF they restarted the game.

[E.J.]

Would they move back the game time tomorrow if they do somehow play tonight and it goes late? Otherwise the players might as well just spend the night at Wrigley.

[Alfonso Soriano]

-Edit Edited August 20, 2007 by Alfonso Soriano

[J.R.]

I can't shake the notion that we'll arrive in SF with a shredded pen and exhausted lineup. This sucks.