Game Cancelled?

From The New York Times Blog:

Update: Opening Day will have to wait. The game has been called and rescheduled for tomorrow.

And from LoHud:

Nothing definitive yet. But it sounds like they’re planning to cancel the game and play it tomorrow night. I’ll let you know once I hear something.

Thought weather in New York was going to be worse tomorrow. This will be interesting.

Weather Not Cooperating

Tyler Kepner, whose at Yankee Stadium, says rain and wind are pelting the Bronx and the tarp is on the field.

The Yankees are eager to play the final Opening Day at Yankee Stadium but, two and a half hours before it is scheduled to start, the weather is not cooperating. Rain is falling, it is raw and chilly and the tarpaulin is covering the field. The Yankees have moved their batting practice indoors.

Of course the next series will have the Yankees host Tampa Bay. Why MLB does not schedule the first series the Yankees play against the Devil Rays in Florida instead of the Bronx I will never understand. Last year saw the Yankees play Tampa Bay in snow and freezing temperatures while Tropicana Field sat dry, warm and unoccupied.

Opening Day Lineups

If Matt Stairs can't play [hip], Shannon Stewart is expected to play leftfield. Hat tip to Ed Price:

TORONTO David Eckstein SS	NEW YORK Johnny Damon LF
Matt Stairs OR	Derek Jeter SS
Alex Rios RF	Bobby Abreu RF
Vernon Wells CF	Alex Rodriguez 3B
Frank Thomas DH	Jason Giambi 1B
Lyle Overbay 1B	Robinson Cano 2B
Aaron Hill 2B	Jorge Posada C
Marco Scutaro 3B	Hideki Matsui DH
Gregg Zaun C	Melky Cabrera CF
Roy Halladay P	Chien-Ming Wang P

Good to see Cano traveling north in the lineup. I still suspect the young lefty bat will ultimately find a home in the five-spot this season.

Wang Named Opening Day Starter

No shocker here, but Chien-Ming Wang has officially been tabbed the opening day starter for the 2008 New York Yankees. Wang would have been honored with the 2007 opening day start had he not suffered a hamstring injury during Spring training. In his stead pitched Carl Pavano before returning to the comforts of the disabled list.