Nationals @ Cubs, Game 1

[mitlen]

gah what am i going to do with myself today at work now the game is postponed.

Ah, work?   

[Minty Fresh]

gah what am i going to do with myself today at work now the game is postponed.

Might I suggest . . .

Ugh.  I was pumped to watch again for the first time in over a week but now that I see Wang is starting I think I'll drink heavily and watch pictures instead. 

[mitlen]

Saves us some Wang.

[PatsNats28]

god dammit.

[PC]

I'd rather have a doubleheader on Wednesday than lose the day before the Phillies series.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

what's with the picture of the guy on fire running thru the trees?

tossing a molotov

[KnorrForYourMoney]

god dammit.

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[Slateman]

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Postponed

[EdStroud]

Rain-out NL East Scoreboard

Padres 8
(51-64, 28-28 away)
Mets 4
(56-57, 23-30 home)  Bot 8th
        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R H E
SD    1 0 0 0 0 3 0 4     8 11 0
NYM  1 1 2 0 0 0 0       4 6 0
HR »  NYM: Bay (9), Wright (9), Pagan (5)

Braves 8
(66-49, 32-27 away)
Marlins 2
(55-59, 23-34 home)  Top 8th
      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R H E
ATL 0 4 0 0 3 1 0       8 11 0
FLA 0 0 2 0 0 0 0       2  6  1
HR »  ATL: Gonzalez (10)

Phillies   Halladay (14-4, 2.55 ERA)
(74-40, 33-22 away)
Dodgers  Kuroda (7-13, 2.96 ERA) 
(52-61, 28-31 home)                    10:10 PM ET

[RobDibblesGhost]

Radar shows Chicago in the clear for at least the past half-hour or so, but they seemed pretty anxious to call this one without waiting very long.  Meanwhile, in Cincinnati, they've been waiting out a rain delay for a couple of hours now.

[PatsNats28]

Postponed

yup. now i have nada hacer anoche.

[tomterp]

I get sleepy all the time. Actually I can't stand the sight of a piss poor performance. I also hit 1000 posts with this one. I know I am still a rookie.

damn, Bubba's got 1000!     

[Slateman]

Radar shows Chicago in the clear for at least the past half-hour or so, but they seemed pretty anxious to call this one without waiting very long.  Meanwhile, in Cincinnati, they've been waiting out a rain delay for a couple of hours now.

Cubs fans are a bunch of wusses

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

My sister is probably wondering the same thing.  She's a big Cubs fan and lives in Canberra.

gah what am i going to do with myself today at work now the game is postponed.

[Tyler Durden]

gah what am i going to do with myself today at work now the game is postponed.

Sounds to me like you have no further reason to be at work.  People can't be expected to work under such extreme circumstances.

[I can Throw]

Makeup Thursday at 2:20.

Awesome - Day off! Hope WGN carries it.

[DPMOmaha]

Welp, looks like it will make my decision whether or not to take off at lunch on Thursday an easy one...

[aussienatsfan]

Sounds to me like you have no further reason to be at work.  People can't be expected to work under such extreme circumstances.

This is correct, i always have the games on in the background. I chose to watch the mets get hammered which is just as fun as seeing us win

[houston-nat]

Might I suggest . . .

Wimp, might I suggest looting and burning cars?

[RobDibblesGhost]

This is correct, i always have the games on in the background. I chose to watch the mets get hammered which is just as fun as seeing us win

  Too bad the Mets came back to win.

[EdStroud]

National League
EAST             W   L    PCT    GB
Philadelphia   75  40  .652    ---
Atlanta          67  49  .578   8.5
NY Mets        57  57  .500  17.5
Washington   55  59  .482  19.5
Florida          55  60  .478  20.0

[OldChelsea]

Radar shows Chicago in the clear for at least the past half-hour or so, but they seemed pretty anxious to call this one without waiting very long.  Meanwhile, in Cincinnati, they've been waiting out a rain delay for a couple of hours now.

Slowes and Jageler were saying the re-scheduling is 'as it should be' because it simply isn't a Cubs home series without at least one day game. (And as far as weather-wussiness, which club was it that earlier this season postponed a weekday afternoon match because of a 'threat of rain' that never actually materialised?)

After Slowes and Jageler signed off I switched over to AM-980 to catch the rest of Woes-Chisox (Woes gave up two runs in the eighth to lose, 7-6). Interestingly, that match drew nearly 4000 more attendance than the Sunday afternoon match immediately preceding.

[EdStroud]

Slowes and Jageler were saying the re-scheduling is 'as it should be' because it simply isn't a Cubs home series without at least one day game. (And as far as weather-wussiness, which club was it that earlier this season postponed a weekday afternoon match because of a 'threat of rain' that never actually materialised?)

After Slowes and Jageler signed off I switched over to AM-980 to catch the rest of Woes-Chisox (gave up two runs in the eighth to lose, 7-6 - did you know that the Woes haven't won back-to-back matches since 16th/17th July? They're 6-14 since then).

Buck Showalter is going to wear out his face with his hand by the end of the season

[MarquisDeSade]

Interestingly, that match drew nearly 4000 more attendance than the Sunday afternoon match immediately preceding.

There couldn't have been 4,000 people there last night though.  The Woes are going to give the Marlins a run for the money in crappy attendance this season.

[EdStroud]

There couldn't have been 4,000 people there last night though.  The Woes are going to give the Marlins a run for the money in crappy attendance this season.

MDS you do know that the Nats(-1,472) per game attendance is down more this year than the Orioles(-106).  The per game attendance figures are Wash- 22,821 vs Balt- 21,616 for 2011.    Get Strasburg up here now