22 September 2008, 5:04 pm
Due to Hurricane Ike having an impact on Houston, Texas and the Metropolitan Houston area, the Houston Astros had to play two of their three games against the Chicago Cubs at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Even though the Astros had the Home Field Advantage, the Astros had to play in front of a crowd that was mainly all Cubs fans. Today, I was reading on Yahoo! Sports that the Astros are not happy with the fact that they had to play in Milwaukee in front of a Chicago Cubs crowd. According to M.L.B. Commissioner Bud Selig, he says that he could not find another stadium to host the games between the Cubs and Astros and that Milwaukee was the only place to have the games. In your view, should the Houston Astros had played the Chicago Cubs in Milwaukee or do you believe this game could have been played somewhere else? You can read the information to this story at the following; http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/The-Astros-are-not-letting-go-of-this-beef-with-?urn=mlb,109538 http://blogs.chron.com/sportsupdate/archives/2008/09/selig_responds.html =================================================== I believe that the games should have been played at the following venues; 1. At Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. They could have played the games in the afternoon before the Texas Rangers played in the evening. 2. At a AAA ballpark. Some of the AAA ballparks they could have played at includes; A. Dell Diamond in Round Rock, Texas (AAA Affiliate of the Houston Astros) B. Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska (AAA Affiliate of the Kansas City Royals) c. Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missoui (Home of the Kansas City Royals) I do not believe it was fair for the Houston Astros to have to play in Milwaukee when their opponet (the Chicago Cubs) played only two hours south of Milwaukee and Cubs fans have easier access to Milwaukee than Astros fan.... read more
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