... nements."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Chicago Cubs recapsChicago Cubs minor leaguesChicago Cubs essaysChicago Cubs game threadsWrigley Field renovationsFull archiveLibrary Bleed Cubbie Blue Community GuidelinesCurrent time in ChicagoBCB Specials & Site InfoWinter 2019 music threadsCubs StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Cubs newsYahoo Cubs team pageYahoo Cubs reportYahoo Cubs depth chartYahoo Cubs transactionsYahoo Cubs photosOdds Shop About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub hicago Cubs essaysThe Cubs should reschedule their Wednesday and Thursday games against the PiratesNew Ryan McMahon Jersey ,118comments... because otherwise bad weather could make for two postponements.CDTShareTweetShareShareThe Cubs should reschedule their Wednesday and Thursday games against the PiratesDennis Wierzbicki-USA TODAY SportsOne of the biggest issues the Cubs had in 2018 was the weather, both in Chicago and away from Wrigley Field. They had nine postponements — the most since 1989 — and having to cram games into September gave them a very difficult schedule down the stretch.Next week’s weather in Chicago does not look very good, except for early in the week:That’s pretty nice for Opening Day Monday — especially considering last year’s snowout — but then the Cubs have Tuesday off before scheduled night games against the Pirates Wednesday and Thursday.So I’m suggesting the Cubs be proactive and do this: Reschedule the Thursday night game for Tuesday evening at 7:05 p.m. CT, and move the Wednesday game up to 1:20 p.m. Leaving the schedule as is runs the risk of at least one and possibly two postponements, or at best playing in really bad weather conditions.The Pirates do return to Wrigley twice more in 2019, but rescheduling an April postponement into the July series would mean either: a) losing the extra off day after the All-Star break, b) playing a split doubleheader at some point, or c) losing an off day July 18, when both teams could make up the date. Having two postponements would mean having to play one of them in September, when the Cubs already are scheduled on 18 straight days September 5-22 including a 10-game homestand without an off day and a trip to San Diego just before that.Rescheduling now would allow fans to adjust plans — the two games after Opening Day aren’t likely to have huge crowds anyway — and help the Cubs avoid some bad weather. Looking later in the week, too B.J. Upton Jersey , the weather for the Angels series next weekend doesn’t look so great and if the Cubs have to postpone an interleague game against a West Coast team, making up a game like that becomes problematic.Both the Cardinals and White Sox postponed their home openers Thursday and are playing Friday instead, a good call for both teams, as the weather was pretty bad both in Chicago and St. Louis Thursday. Granted that this proposal would be moving a game forward instead of back, but with enough notice — doing it now or Saturday — fans could adjust.What say you, Cubs? I don’t know if this is something MLB would permit, but if so, why not use that Tuesday off day, when the weather in Chicago will be reasonably good, to play baseball and try to avoid some bad weather? NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees host Baltimore and Washington is at home against the New York Mets on March 28, the first games of the earliest regular major league opening day.The commissioner’s office announced games times Wednesday for the schedule http://www.indiansfanproshop.com/authentic-b.j.-upton-jersey , which was released in August. The previous earliest regular start was March 30 in 2003, 2008 and 2014.The season opens with a two-game series between Seattle and Oakland in Tokyo on March 20-21, MLB’s fifth opener in Japan after 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012. MLB also has opened in Monterrey, Mexico (1999), San Juan, Puerto Rico (2001) and Sydney, Australia (2014).All 30 teams are scheduled for opening day for the second straight year. Two games were postponed on opening day last season because of poor weather.Baltimore and the Mets are scheduled for first pitches at 1:05 p.m. EDT, followed by St. Louis at Milwaukee (2:10 p.m. EDT); Atlanta at Philadelphia (3:05 p.m.); Detroit at Toronto (3:37 p.m.); Houston at Tampa Bay (4 p.m.); the Chicago Cubs at Texas (4:05 p.m.); the Los Angeles Angels at Oakland (4:07 p.m.); Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, Arizona at the Los Angeles Dodgers Jason Kipnis Jersey , Colorado at Miami, Cleveland at Minnesota and San Francisco at San Diego (all 4:10 p.m.); and the Chicago White Sox at Kansas City (4:15 p.m.).The World Series champion Boston Red Sox play at Seattle in the day’s final game at 7:10 p.m. EDT.Special events include the first games in Britain, with the Red Sox hosting the Yankees at London’s Olympic Stadium on June 29-30.There is a pair of two-game series in Monterrey, Mexico: St. Louis vs. Cincinnati on April 13-14 and Houston vs. the Los Angeles Angels on May 4-5.Kansas City hosts Detroit in Omaha on June 13 ahead of the College World Series, the first major league game in Nebraska.Pittsburgh faces the Chicago Cubs on Aug. 18 at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, near the site of the College World Series.Cleveland hosts the All-Star Game on July 9, and Texas hosts the Yankees on Sept. 29 in the final regular-season game at Globe Life Stadium. Texas moves across the parking lot in 2020 to Globe Life Field, which will have a retractable roof.The Dodgers host the Red Sox in a World Series rematch from July 12-14.