Hate March Baseball? Get Used to It

Keep your scarves, hats, and mittens ready for next baseball season. MLB just announced the schedule for 2019 and it has the Phillies opening at home against the warm-weather dwelling Atlanta Braves on Thursday, March 28.

This past March 28, the high in Philadelphia was 50 degrees and the low was 37. Eleventy billion MLB games were postponed due to bad weather in the Northeast and Midwest early this season. This year's Home Opener against the tropically based Miami Marlins on April 5 was cloudy and breezy with a high temperature of 46 degrees. 

I get that MLB wants to start the season early so the regular season ends in September, leaving October for the playoffs. But why, why, why, as I ranted so much earlier in the season, do they insist on cold-weather cities hosting these games so early? It's just so dumb. MLB is tempting Mother Nature and word is that she hates going to games in cold, wet weather. 

The Phils will face teams from the AL Central next season, and play the Red Sox both at Citizens Bank Park and in Boston. The Phils will host the Twins, Tigers, and White Sox while traveling to meet the Royals, Indians, and Tigers. The 2019 season wraps up at home with a series against the Marlins. 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We enlisted the help of a friend to unveil our 2019 schedule. Take it away, Phanatic! <br><br>🗓: <a href="https://t.co/7d7uNhZJSx">https://t.co/7d7uNhZJSx</a> <a href="https://t.co/SymxTWgAtk">pic.twitter.com/SymxTWgAtk</a></p>&mdash; Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) <a href="https://twitter.com/Phillies/status/1032302325073960961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 22, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>