Posted at 2:36 p.m., Saturday, April 14, 2007
Rain, snow postpones Pirates-Giants
By Alan Robinson
Associated Press
As of Sunday, they might be in a similar situation.
The San Francisco Giants-Pirates game scheduled for today was postponed by rain, and was rescheduled as part of a doubleheader Sunday — expected to be the worst day weather-wise of what has been a cold, dreary week in Pittsburgh.
The forecast calls for rain and snow showers and a high temperature of 42, and there was a strong sense among both teams Saturday night that the games would be called off. One to two inches of snow is expected Sunday, though it might not occur until evening.
The starting time is unusually late, given that the Giants are scheduled to fly to Colorado after the game. In the past, the Pirates have scheduled similar makeup doubleheaders as early as 12:05 p.m.
"Tomorrow (Sunday) doesn't look good at all," Pirates manager Jim Tracy said. "This is one of the tough things you deal with when you have a club from another division, and it's one trip, and then you've got to figure out — if you're not able to play baseball — what you're going to do."
