Boston/Tampa Bay home opener postponed?! &^%$*&!!@

[flvegan]

BOSTON -- Not taking any chances, the Red Sox saved fans the annoyance of sitting through excessive delays and inclement weather by announcing shortly after 10 a.m. ET on Monday that the team's first Fenway Park season opener since 2002 had been rescheduled for Tuesday at 4:05 p.m. ET.

The game against the Tampa Bay Rays -- Boston's opponent in last year's American League Championship Series -- was originally scheduled for 2:05 on Monday.

Ace Josh Beckett will simply wait a day to open the season for the Sox. Ditto for Tampa Bay right-hander James Shields.

All fans who had tickets for Monday can now use them on Tuesday. All along, Tuesday had been left on the schedule as an open date in case of bad weather on Monday.

The forecast provided by Meterologix -- the Red Sox weather service -- called for heavy rain, strong winds and possible thunderstorms that were set to begin in the early afternoon and continue into the night.

"After consulting with our weather service and other professional meteorologists, it became apparent it would be extremely unlikely, if not impossible, that we could get a complete game in today, so the decision was made to postpone until Tuesday," said Red sox president/CEO Larry Lucchino.

"Our fans look forward to this unofficial Red Sox Nation holiday each year, and we want to make sure that they are able to enjoy the full experience including both the special pregame ceremonies and a full nine innings of play. We reserved an alternate rain date for tomorrow for just such adverse circumstances as present themselves today."

The Red Sox took advantage of dry skies Monday morning by doing infield drills and taking batting practice, even after the game had already been called.

It was the first time Boston's home opener was postponed since 2003.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090406&content_id=4136776&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

Looks like all you non-Sox fans have an extra day to bask in the glory of your teams before the Red Sox commence total domination.

[TZ]

1. One more day before

The TB domination of the Sox starts again....:P

[flvegan]

3. Unlikely.

But, it will be a good game either way. Two exciting teams with rosters full of talent. Great starters and a deep bullpen.

I hear MLB is going to let the Nats hit off a tee this year. That was nice of Selig.

[Midlodemocrat]

5. Heard the same thing about the tee. Hope it improves their chances.

[flvegan]

7. Sadly, their bullpen is still less deep than a birdbath.

[TZ]

9. UConn sucks.

That is all.:P

[KamaAina]

11. At baseball? Perhaps.

We were talking about baseball, remember?

[bicentennial_baby]

2. Boooooo!

Sigh, I guess I have to wait another day to see my secret boyfriend pitch. x(

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. Yeah how did Red Sox total domination work out in last years ALCS?

Well, it is true that the American League champion won't be playing in Boston today, that's for sure.

[flvegan]

6. Repeating World Series wins is very rare.

The Rays deserved all the luck they found.

[Midlodemocrat]

8. Which is why this is the year of the Mets!!!

:woohoo:

:woohoo:


:thumbsup:

[Ishoutandscream2]

10. Shit!

Got the tivo set at home. Oh, well.

[KamaAina]

12. God Hates The Tampa Bay Rays

taking the Devil out of their name fooled no one.

Think back to last year's World Series Game 5 -- and then Game 5.1. And now this.