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April 16, 2007

Red Sox start time changed to 12:05

The Red Sox have announced that this morning's original start time of 10:05 has been pushed back to 12:05.

I just arrived in the press box at Fenway Park and I can't believe that the Sox are going to try to play at some point today. The forecast looks pretty much the same for the rest of today. Even if there is this so-called "window" around noon, the field is soaked and the grounds crew is currently fixing puddles along the warning track.

On the drive up from Providence, the river along the Parkway on Jamicaway has flooded over. Branches are down all over the place, but there were a few runners warming up for today's 111th running of the Boston Marathon.

Believe me, I'm all for playing baseball in the rain. But, if conditions remain the way they are now, this game has to get banged.

Case in point: The grounds crew is working on the warning track and just soaked up a huge puddle in front of the Monster. The crew is now working in front of the bullpens, and the Monster area is already flooded, again.

I'll keep you up to date . . .

Joe McDonald

Posted by Mike McDermott  at 8:00 AM to Red Sox | Permalink

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