Actually I feel playing these games in cold weather is wrong, the first 3 or 4 weeks should be played in warm weather cities or in domes.
Lets go Buccos.
Does this mean your also going to take away home field advantage for the playoffs ?
The biggest thing is the home team fans.
If your going to make the 1st part of the season only in warm weather , then you may as well make the playoffs in warm weather sites only also.
I would hate to see that, as all teams have a great advantage having thier fans there.
The fans cannot be expected to be there for a 7 game series, Football is the only one game championship therefore it is doable.
I would have had hated to see the Tigers in thier 1st WS last year NOT have thier fans , same goes for the Cards.
Minnesota has a HUGE advantage playing in thier home dome ....
What might be nice is if they try to schedule northern teams to open in southern cities, over all that might be unfair again to the northern home team fans, or to open for example in a northern dome, like Detroit could have opened in Toronto in thier dome instead of in Detroit.
That said, opening day this year was 70* and sunny in Detroit.
Cleveland playing in Milwaulkee is rediculous... I have not checked the Reds schedule, but I would have at least seen if they could keep it in the same state in a slightly warmer area that is not filled with snow.
All this said, I don't think a series has been cancelled until now.
There is talk that the southern cities don't nessasarily want to open the season that week at home either as attendance is not what they wouild expect, because those fans feel it is not really warm down there either, at least what they are use to.
It has been reportedTB actually ASKED to start on the road (in NY)
Jimbo