CLE vs LA @ MKE

[ifilus]

MONDAY, April 9, 2007, 12:06 p.m.
By Don Walker
Indians-Angels series moved to Milwaukee

The Cleveland Indians, beset by cold and and snowy weather in Cleveland, will play a three-game series at Miller Park against the Los Angeles Angels beginning Tuesday, an Indians official said Monday.

The nasty weather wiped out the Seattle Mariners and the Cleveland Indians for the fourth straight day, causing the teams to postpone Monday's scheduled doubleheader.

To say the least, a three-game series in Milwaukee in April, and involving the Indians and the Angels, is a little unusual.

"I got a call from Cleveland this morning asking if it would be possible to play there," said Mike Duckett, the executive director of the Miller Park stadium district. "I said yes."

Officials at the Milwaukee Brewers did not immediately return a phone call.

Cleveland still has not played an official home opener.

No details were immediately available on how tickets to the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday series will be sold.

"We'll have another opening day," Duckett said. "We'll have the heat on and the roof closed."

Baseball fans will remember that Milwaukee stood in for Cleveland for the movie "Major League."

 

[Oz]

Baseball fans will remember that Milwaukee stood in for Cleveland for the movie "Major League."

Only right to include that nugget in this story. A must, really.

 

[ondeadline]

<a href="http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/39464/">
Already covered in the general MLB thread.</a>

 

[markvid]

The Indians will have to unnecessarily stay in the Pfister.

Blech.

 

[Pastor]

<a href="http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/39464/">
Already covered in the general MLB thread.</a>

Doesn't matter. This deserves its own topic. Besides, you would have to wade through 20-pages of baseball game commentary just to reach it.


As stated elsewhere, I am rather confused about why MLB wouldn't just change the game to Anaheim and move one of the later series back to Cleveland.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Who cares, flyover state.[/spnited]

 

[D-3 Fan]

<a href="http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/39464/">
Already covered in the general MLB thread.</a>

Doesn't matter. This deserves its own topic. Besides, you would have to wade through 20-pages of baseball game commentary just to reach it.


As stated elsewhere, I am rather confused about why MLB wouldn't just change the game to Anaheim and move one of the later series back to Cleveland.

I was under the assumption that they were going to move the series to Anaheim. Why move it to Milwaukee?

Anyhoo, I'm heading back to the MLB thread to comment.

 

[NoOneLikesUs]

Baseball fans will remember that Milwaukee stood in for Cleveland for the movie "Major League."

Only right to include that nugget in this story. A must, really.

Tuesday is also the day the new special edition Major League DVD comes out.

If I were Milwaukee, I would be promoting the **** out of this.

 

[Oz]

Tuesday is also the day the new special edition Major League DVD comes out.

If I were Milwaukee, I would be promoting the **** out of this.

I didn't even realize that. No doubt, it seems to good to be true for them. Life imitating art.

 

[outofplace]

They should have done this with today's doubleheader, or at least one of the games, and then moved the upcoming series to Anaheim, moving a later series from Anaheim to Cleveland.

Of course, that doesn't put three extra games in the commish's beloved Milwaukee.

 

[ifilus]

All seats: $10

 

[BYH]

The Indians will have to unnecessarily stay in the Pfister.

Blech.

Maybe ex-Indian OFer Mel Hall can meet his mistress there. And his wife, too!

 

[Big Buckin' agate_monkey]

Baseball fans will remember that Milwaukee stood in for Cleveland for the movie "Major League."

Only right to include that nugget in this story. A must, really.

Tuesday is also the day the new special edition Major League DVD comes out.

If I were Milwaukee, I would be promoting the **** out of this.

What was the promo they had in ML? "Free admission to anyone who was actually alive the last time the Indians won a pennant."

 

[fmrsped]

That was, in fact, it.

 

[cake in the rain]

I imagine the Indians probably didn't want it to be played in Anaheim. Not only would that be a long West-coast trip, it would mean turning three home games into road games. At least Milwaukee is a "neutral" site.

I would guess the players association had some say in this, too.

 

[Gutter]

Anaheim has a weekend series in Boston. I imagine they didn't want to fly back to Anaheim then fly to Boston.

Of course, if this was the playoffs that would've been no problem.

 

[Big Buckin' agate_monkey]

That was, in fact, it.

I guess that promotion doesn't really work now, huh?

 

[playthrough]

Baseball fans will remember that Milwaukee stood in for Cleveland for the movie "Major League."

Only right to include that nugget in this story. A must, really.

Tuesday is also the day the new special edition Major League DVD comes out.

If I were Milwaukee, I would be promoting the **** out of this.

They could, and still no one will go. But that will be part of the charm. I like going to the ballpark when there's room to spread out among 5,000 fans.

 

[Big Buckin' agate_monkey]

All seats: $10

I thought you were bull****tin' us.
I'd go if I didn't have to work. Went to Miller Park last summer for the first time. Nice place, I'd go back, especially for $10.

 

[Gutter]

All seats: $10

I thought you were bull****tin' us.
I'd go if I didn't have to work. Went to Miller Park last summer for the first time. Nice place, I'd go back, especially for $10.

Others seem to agree with you: http://www.jsonline.com/content/forum/milwaukee_indians.asp#Results