Cubbie occurance?...I thought Lou didn't believe in that kind of stuff.

You can understand the Astro players being reluctant to leave their area where their homes are and the Cubs players balking at travel into the area during the back end of that storm. I hope they decide to play the games in Atlanta Sunday and Monday

First of all, My prayers go to all the people in the path of the storm.

On the baseball side of it, I wish MLB would have made the decision to just move the series and keep everyone on schedule, but I completely understand if the Astro's players and personel would want to be with their families through this.

This could work in the Cubs advantage also. The Astro's are red hot right now and maybe a two day break will cool them off and take them out of their rhythm. And on the flip side a couple days off will give our bullpen and Big Z extra time and might Wake our bats up and get those going again.

No way they relocate the games...that's three sellouts Houston'd have to give up.

If this storm is as bad as they say it could be, there is no way they are going to play the games in Houston this weekend.

I think a few days off would be great for the Cubs. Remember... we had 8 guys on the all-star team and when most teams were resting up over those few days we had guys traveling and playing. A few days off could be the best thing that could happen.

Brian ignore this one.

2-3 since I found my lucky hat.

And the game we lost, I didn't have it on during the game.

I will never lose it again.

Who cares about the sellouts? MLB has enough cash flow to compensate the Astro's for the loss of 3 home games. There are 15 available stadiums this weekend. Pick one and play the games. Neither the Stro's nor the Cubs should be forced to play theese games at the end of the year.

Of course we all want the best case senario for the people in the Gulf region. As far as our Cubs go, a Sunday double header and a game on Monday would be the best for us. No real makeup dates after the season and we don't get Oswalt!

Doesn't the location depend on the condition of Houston's field, and the city itself, after the storm?

I would imagine if the storm's impact is relatively light, we are playing in Houston. If the stadium doesn't have power, and/or the stadium is damaged/flooded, they have to move the games. That seems like the determining factor, right?

True, they do have cash flow, but reimbursing the Astros for three sellout games that, in a "neutral" location, will probably not lead to three sellouts of equal capacity and pricing? No way, no how. The Astros know that the entire process of getting that reimbursement would be so full of red tape bureaucratic nonsense that the process of getting reimbursed would cost them more money.

So the cheapest, and most cost efficient, option? Decline a neutral site, hope the storm calms down, and, worst case scenario, deal with the prospect that one of the three games may not even be played.

Neil,

What are you going to do with two days of without Cubs games????

You could always take up knitting.

Seems like the Cubs always get involved with situations like these every year.

I remember a few years back, it might even been 2003, they played every day for like two weeks with 3 DH's. I remember it had something to do with the Marlins. As you can tell I don't remember the exact details.

This one might not be that bad for the Cubs. I'm sure they could use the two days off. But is there any gaurentee the would even play on sunday.

One scenario I am hearing is that Sunday could be postponed also which means a Monday DH with the last game pushed until the end and played only if necessary. I would like that scenario best because it could mean one less game played if the Stros are either more than a 1/2 game ahead or behind. Just my opinion though. We will see how the weather plays out.

Load of shit.

Thats what I still think.

See my previous comments on the subject from yesterday.

MLB should force the Astros to do something. You cant just pile on doubleheaders and missed days this late.

Screw that..

If the brewers lose tonight, none of our regulars should play more than a few innings of that double headers... we got a ton of young guys on the bench --- stick em in there.. Pie, hoffpower, Fontenot, Cedeno.....

Shark, Marmol and Wood should also be kept you...

A Brewers loss tonite is a 6 game lead, and reduces the magic number to less than 12 and would require a monumental collapse to give away

Like I said, it seems to happen every year. Thats rough on a team that going for a championship. You will probably see another Marshall start and some of the young guys out of the bullpen.

Matt: I don't mean for this to come across rude or insulting, but c'mon you do realize these are just baseball GAMES right? This could be a more devastating storm than any other. I think everything should stop for that reason. Remember 9/11? Didnt that bring us closer together as a nation? Instead of complaining about baseball games not being played, perhaps pray that the destruction and devastation is not as bad as feared. (They predict 100,000 homes could be destroyed/flooded)

And as has been mentioned look at the good side for the Cubs....they have struggled lately....a couple days off to regroup could be just what the doctor ordered. The pitchers get to rest up....GEO gets a couple days off from behind the plate....it's mid-September this is when guys start to wear out....I love the days off before a push to the pennant.

Again, Matt, I dont want to sound like a jerk but I really think you need to worry more about the lives that could be lost, the homes that could be lost in what could be the worst natural disaster in history, then a couple of measly baseball games being postponed.

Tonight's Brewers Phillies game just canceled as a rain out too.....

Joe, I understand.

I live in Mobile. Lost most of a house to Ivan.

That being said, even during 9/11 we moved on. This isnt 9/11. This isnt even Katrina.

The MLB bigwigs choked on this one. Lou wants to play. Hendry wanted these games played. And so do the players.

This is an important part of the year.

Again, let me stress Ike is a dike. Aint worth this kinda stress. MLB dropped the ball.

Sorry to hear that you were involved in a loss before....and you are right after 9/11 we moved on...but there's the key....everything stopped for several days before everyone moved on....in this case we obviously know the tragedy is on its way so things are stopping now, ahead of the hit. I hope to hell you are right and Ike is a Dike...but from all I am reading...and sitting here watching the weather channel...this is going to be horrible...Houston is already flooding and the storm is not set to hit land until around midnight central time.

Jerljr....Friday was wierd, first time since last October I did not turn on my laptop. As far as the rest of the weekend, only time will tell.

ESPN 1000 is reporting this morning that the Cubs will report to Wrigley this afternoon at 2:30pm with their bags for a possible trip. They have not received info from MLB on where the games will be played.

Bruce Levine said the games could be played at Miller Park but added the Sox and Tigers could be moved there as well.

Will pass on more info when becomes available.