The Roof

Personally,

I think the home team should be able to do what it wants. I'm in Houston right now on business and the ticket prices are crazy. The roof is open right now, but I hope it close tomorrow.

major league baseball should not be able to tell houston to close the roof, but we know how they are and the white sox probably had some say as well. i hope it rains real hard in houston for the next 3 days so they have to close the roof. go ASTROS make a series of it

Ya, I think the whole point of playing at both stadiums is that each team has its own home field advantage. If Houston wants the roof closed, then close the roof. I would like to ask MLB why they want the roof open. I'm sure the fans wouldnt object to having it closed if the Astros want it closed.

Simple. Close the roof for practice and then have a malfunction that won't let it open.

Texan......I like the way you think

just found out why MLB wants the roof open. They want to be able to get their overhead blimp shots of the field. ridiculous. that makes me laugh and it also ticks me off as a houston fan. No one cares about the overhead shots during a baseball game. I think MLB should start worrying about things that matter, not blimp views and got milk ads.

Memo to Selig nobody cares about your precious blimp shots! According to the ratings nobody is watching the dang games anyways!

I guess the baseball purist is a thing of the past. Isn't this great game meant to be played in the outdoors? Rspecially the fall classic. I wonder what Casey Stengel or Babe Ruth would have to say about playing their beloved game indoors. I for one, think the commissioner is making the right decision, even if it is for the wrong reasons. Besides, the people on the rooftop in left field would have had a restricted view had the roof been closed.

Great comment this morning by Buster Olney on the Mike & Mike ESPN show, when asked if the roof would be open on Wednesday.

I am paraphrasing a little. "If MLB is so concerned about the baseball tradition, how about starting these games at 1:00 in the afternoon so everyone can see the end of the game."

That is a good point as well, these games should be played when everyone except those in Hawaii can see the end of the game. They should also be played outdoors.

I do agree that one of the beautiful things about baseball is tradition, and that games should be played outdoors, on real grass, and in daylight. However, if Bud Selig and Major League Baseball are worried about upholding baseball tradition, they should do it all year long, and not simply during the World Series. I understand that the World Series is a major symbol of MLB and the Fall Classic is when the most people are tuned in, but closing the roof at Minute Maid does take away an important advantage that home field brings to a team down in the series and fighting to get back into it. I don't think they should give the Astros Organization authority to open or close the roof during the season and then take it away all of a sudden.

Word is that Ozzie didn't care if it was open or closed.

Just curious but those of you down there are closer to this...was the stadium built with tax payer money? Wouldn't a retractable dome cost more than a closed dome? If you want it closed all of the time, why didn't they just build a closed stadium and save the money?

Il2008
Having been to the game last night I dont think it made a difference one way or the other except it sure got cold as the sun went down. Not sure such a global statement "Wouldn't a retractable dome cost more than a closed dome?" is accurate. We don't have the high costs of labor as some people in the U.S. and it sure is pretty at night with the dome open. You also wouldn't want it opened at 1 pm in 110 degree weather during summer day games.

I stayed up until 1:20am to see the ending....heartbreaker.