As Drew mentioned, it was announced last night that Saturday?s scheduled doubleheader between the Yankees and Orioles was postponed due to the pending arrival of Hurricane Irene.?One of the games will be made up in a split-doubleheader Sunday while the other will be made as a night game on September 8.
Of course, the Yankees tried earlier this week to schedule a doubleheader for Friday, but the Orioles refused. And Yankees manager Joe Girardi told Wallace Matthews of ESPNNewYork.com that they are still peeved about the situation.
?I don?t understand why we didn?t play a split doubleheader today,? an agitated Girardi said. ?They changed things all over the country. They did it in Philadelphia, in Boston, in Florida, football?s been canceled. I mean, how long?s this forecast been out? Everyone knew it was going to rain like cats and dogs on Saturday. And now to take away our only off day? It makes zero sense. Someone?s got to step up.?
?We didn?t agree to play Sept. 8,? manager Joe Girardi said. ?We?re going to fight it. It just doesn?t make sense.?
Jeff Zrebiec of the Baltimore Sun lays out the scenario for the Baltimore side, writing among other things that the Orioles didn?t want to lose a home night gate against the Yankees. He also posits that the Orioles were coming off an 11-day, 10-game roadtrip and were still reeling as an organization following the death of Mike Flanagan.
I?m not really sure what the Yankees could accomplish by fighting this thing. It?s possible they could schedule a last-minute doubleheader for Monday or consider skipping the September 8 game altogether, but when the Yankees are basically a lock to make the playoffs, it?s tough to get too worked up about it.
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