Cubs, Astros Still Could Move To Milwaukee
UPDATE #2: Game on. Sunday at 7pm CST in Milwaukee and Monday at 1pm. The third game will be made up on Monday, September 29th only if necessary.
UPDATE: Paul Sullivan says the Cubs have decided that no matter what MLB decides, they won't be traveling tonight. So take that MLB and Astros.
It looks like Astros owner Drayton McLane's attempt to keep the games in Houston this weekend were all for naught. An article on MLB.com posted around 9pm CST, says the plan to move to series to Milwaukee is back in play (just like the Cubs originally suggested). If it happens, details will be announced tomorrow.
Some "connected" Brewers fan posted that everything is already in place and there will be games Sunday and Monday at Miller Park. Hopefully he's more connected than those Orioles fans from the offseason.
A Houston Chronicle story posted just a bit earlier paints a still defiant McLane.
“This could be the biggest series in the history of this season,” McLane said via phone from his home in Temple. “And the fans would be a tremendously inspirational force for our players. And I didn’t want our players to be away from their families.
“We’re standing up for our fans and for our players. It’s just not right to have them leave their families to play at another site like Atlanta or Cincinnati. I said that to (Selig) several times (Thursday) and I said it again (Friday).”
McLane said there are three main considerations as the club consults with Selig and the Office of Emergency Management while considering whether they can play a doubleheader Sunday against the Cubs at Minute Maid Park and another game Monday.
One is the feasibility of the Cubs’ charter to land at Bush Intercontinental Airport on Saturday; the second is to make sure there’s no flooding near the ballpark downtown; the third is making sure there is electricity, according to McLane.
The fourth consideration is that McLane would have to refund the ticket money and then where is he suppose to swim?
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