With play that could extend to Nov. 1, chilly weather will be a factor in the World Series between the Red Sox and Colorado Rockies starting Wednesday night in Boston. Atmospheric conditions will feel rather balmy in Bean Town compared with three days later when the teams tangle in mile-high Denver where temperatures are forecast to drop to the upper 30s overnight, notes Grumpy Editor.
While bad weather is not in long-range forecasts for Boston or Denver, snow fell in Denver on Sunday where some Rockies players, forced to workout indoors, ventured outside to toss a few snowballs. Denver temperatures dipped to the upper 20s on Sunday and yesterday.
Even with Boston, however, the thermometer will be heading for the low 40s on Wednesday and Thursday evenings --- when games end close to or past midnight, local time. That means heavy jackets and warm head gear for fans in the stands and ballplayers in dugouts.
Sports writers will have to be fortified, too (with their secret, long-tested remedies), to guard against frostbite at keyboards.
Look for lots of blowing on hands by pitchers in games that were designed to be played in warmer daytime temperatures. Handling and tossing baseballs by all players will be tricky with chilled fingers.
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