For the second straight day, there will be no Cubs baseball due to weather:
Game times Wednesday will be 12:10 p.m. CT and 6:10 p.m. CT (the originally scheduled game is the 6:10 p.m. game).
At this time we don’t know who will be starting for the Cubs or Mets, as no announcement has been made. I’d think the Cubs would go with Edward Cabrera (tomorrow’s scheduled starter) and
Javier Assad (Wednesday’s scheduled starter), with today’s starter Shōta Imanaga going Tuesday.
The bullpen, for whatever that’s worth, should be well rested.
But that’s just speculation, we’ll find out later.
Some interesting postponement notes from BCB’s JohnW53:
The last time the Cubs had consecutive games postponed by rain or cold was April 20 and 22, 1977. Both were at home.
The first followed two losses to the Phillies. The second, after a day off, preceded two wins over the Reds.
They lost both make-up games, the first of doubleheaders, on July 27 vs. the Reds and Aug. 14 vs. the Phillies.
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Their last back-to-back postponements of any kind were Sept. 12-13, 2008, at Houston due to Hurricane Ike. Games were played Sept. 14-15 at Milwaukee. Carlos Zambrano pitched a no-hitter in the first one.Games at Miami scheduled for Sept. 3-5, 2004, were postponed due to Hurricane Frances. One was played at Miami on Sept. 10 as part of a doubleheader. The two others were played at Chicago as a doubleheader on Sept. 20.
Six games, all at home, three each vs. the Pirates and Reds, were postponed Sept. 11-16, 2001, due to the 9/11 attacks, and played Oct. 2-7.
Games at Montreal scheduled for Sept. 20-21, 1991, were postponed due to damage to Olympic Stadium. They were played at Chicago as a doubleheader on Sept. 22.
Six games, three at Philadelphia and three at home vs. the Mets, were postponed April 3-9, 1990, due to a strike. The three vs. the Mets were played in April, June and September; the three at Philadelphia, Oct. 1-3.
Games at St. Louis on Aug. 6-7, 1985, were postponed due to a strike. They were played on Sept. 5 and 9.
As was the case yesterday, feel free to use this thread as an open thread for baseball or other discussion within the rules of the site. Back tomorrow with more Cubs baseball!
