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June 13, 2008
A thunder and lightning storm, accompanied by heavy rain, has invaded the area, and the forecast is for similar storms throughout the night, putting tonight's game in jeopardy. There is a lull in the storm at the moment, but the radar looks ominous.
If the game should have to be postponed, it will be interesting to see how and when it will be made up because this is Boston's only visit to Cincinnati this year.
Saturday's game will be at 4 o'clock because it is scheduled to be telecast by FOX-TV, which makes a day-night doubleheader possibility problematic that day, but do-able, as the Sox discovered a few weeks ago when a similar situation occurred when they hosted Milwaukee.
The Sox-Brewers were rained out on May 16 at Fenway and they played a day-nighter the next day, at 4 and 9.
On Sunday, the Sox and Reds can't play a day-nighter. They have a 1:30 start because the game will be televised by TBS, and they can't play a night game because ESPN has exclusive rights to telecast a game that night.
The only other option would be to have Boston fly back to play the game on a mutual open date.
-- Steven Krasner
Posted by Steven Krasner 
at 3:09 PM | Permalink
