![]() ![]() ![]() Stream It Or Skip It: 'You Hurt My Feelings' on VOD, an Inspired Comedy Collab Between Nicole Holofcener and Julia Louis-Dreyfus Jamie Lee Curtis Deserves An Emmy For Her Haunting 'The Bear' Performanceįrench 'Barbie' Poster Goes Viral For Including A Raunchy Pun About Ryan Gosling's Sexual Prowess 'And Just Like That.' Season 2 Episode 1 Recap: "Met Cute" How ‘The Stroll’ Directors Reclaimed the Narrative of Trans Sex Workers With Their HBO Doc: “We Are Not Going Anywhere” Stream It Or Skip It: 'Spoiler Alert' on Prime Video, an Engrossing Cancer-Weepie In Which Jim Parsons Will Make You Cry Matt Kawahara is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer.Let’s Get Loud! 7 Movies to Stream on Netflix in Celebration of Pride Month 2023ħ LGBTQ+ TV Shows to Stream in Honor of Pride Month 2023 The A’s are in Houston this weekend and start their next homestand Tuesday, by which time it’s predicted most of the Bay Area rain from this storm will be over.Ĭhronicle staff writer John Shea contributed to this report. And an A’s-Twins game last season included a 25-minute delay after a bank of lights went out at the Coliseum. ![]() A Giants-Padres game last month paused for 40 minutes because of dim lighting at Oracle Park. 19, 1997, against the Red Sox.īoth the Giants and A’s have had home games delayed by darkness more recently than rainouts. Since 1973, there have been only two A’s rainouts at the Coliseum after May, on Sept. One of the 2014 rainouts resulted from an overnight storm that soaked the Coliseum infield - which hadn’t been tarped - and left it unplayable for the next evening’s game. The A’s had three home rainouts in 2014 - including a spring exhibition against the Giants - but before that none since 1998. 16, 1989, game against the Padres.Īcross the Bay, the Oakland Athletics count 22 rainouts at home since they started playing at the Coliseum in 1968, the last occurring in 2017, an April 16 game against the Astros. Their last home rainout in September? A Sept. In 65 seasons in San Francisco, the Giants have had just 33 home games rained out - most of those in April and May. “Until we see tomorrow’s forecast, we’re going in with the expectation of tarping the field Saturday night (and) leaving the tarp down until we can play the game.” Still, Elliott said, the grounds crew will “prepare for it like it’s a downpour.” That means adding more of an infield clay “conditioner” that absorbs moisture and dragging and mowing the infield Saturday night before pulling the tarp. Giants head groundskeeper Greg Elliott pegged the amount of expected rain at just over a half-inch between Saturday night and Monday: “So you look at it from that perspective, you’re not overly concerned about it.” So we’ll have protocols in place and we will adjust as needed.” … But it’s not something we haven’t dealt with before. “You don’t expect this in San Francisco in September. “As Californians, I guess it’s a good problem to have, because we need the rain,” said Shana Daum, the Giants’ senior vice president of public affairs and community relations. The Giants will be tracking the weather and will be ready with contingency plans. In 2019, for example, the Giants and A’s played a preseason exhibition game at Oracle after an 84-minute delay.įorecasts can change, of course, or a break in Sunday’s rain could allow the teams to try to get the game in. ![]() Rain delays are a bit more common, as teams will often try to wait it out to avoid rescheduling. Before that, the Giants hadn’t experienced a rainout at home since 2006. How rare would that be? There have been just six rainouts at Oracle Park since it opened in 2000. game Sunday, it could make for an unusual September weather watch at the ballpark. With the Giants set to host the Dodgers in a nationally televised 4 p.m. San Francisco could get between one-half and three-quarters of an inch of rain Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. A storm heading for California is forecast to bring rain to the Bay Area starting overnight Saturday and for most of Sunday. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |