![]() ![]() It also happened in 2018, when the Braves and Cubs played a game in perhaps the worst conditions ever at Wrigley - because it was Atlanta’s only visit and the forecast the next day was worse, and the league didn’t want to have to try to make up two postponements. This occasionally results in situations like last week, where the Rays were scheduled to visit Wrigley in April. Some of this is unavoidable because with 15 teams in each league, there has to be at least one interleague series going on at all times. In all, the Cubs’ seven-game homestand had one nice day - Saturday, when temperatures briefly soared above 80 degrees. Then the Cubs played a four-game series against the Pirates where one game was rescheduled due to rain and another delayed nearly an hour by rain. We saw this last week when the Tampa Bay Rays visited Wrigley Field (and also Guaranteed Rate Field on the South Side) for a week, and as I noted in the recap to Wednesday’s soggy, rain-shortened game, weather conditions were awful for all six games the Rays played in Chicago: This results in games being played in less-than-optimal conditions, particularly when the opponent for the Cubs or other northern teams only comes through town once. The baseball season begins and April weather in Chicago and other northern cities turns back to winter. ![]()
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