> <Jinxbl...@aol.com> wrote:
> >What kind of crazy scheduling makes a team play a night game in Tampa
> >and then take a charter flight across the country to play in Seattle
> >the next night? No wonder they looked flat and exhausted because they
> >WERE flat and exhausted. They probably reached their Seattle hotel for
> >a few hours of sleep when people who going off to work there.

> >I blame the Yankee's player rep who should have taken the matter to
> >the union with a complaint. I also blame Cashman for not speaking up
> >that this was unfair and put his team at a disadvantage.

> >At the very least, it was a gesture to help Tampa with their mediocre
> >attendance because an afternoon game would have drawn fewer fans than
> >another night game.

> +++++++++
> I seem to recall that there has been a long standing feud between the
> Yankees and Rays over scheduling of games, particularly on getaway day
> games at the end of series.  The Rays often schedule night games on a
> mid-week getaway game.

> And I recall, about 4 years ago, the then Devil Rays had to travel
> from Florida to New York for a series, but a hurricane was hitting the
> Tampa area, and they could not get out.   Cashman wanted the league to
> declare a forfeited game.