Rainout washes away best-laid rotation plans (Yahoo! Sports)

Verlander and Sabathia are pushed back to Game 3 as Tigers and Yankees adjust to a revised ALDS schedule.

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Tigers-Yankees playoff game suspended by rain (The Canadian Press)

NEW YORK, N.Y. - The rainy season rolls on.

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Tigers-Yankees playoff opener suspended by rain (AP)

The rainy season rolls on. The playoff opener between the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees was suspended because of rain in the second inning Friday night, wiping out the ace of each pitching staff for a few days. Justin Verlander started for Detroit against CC Sabathia in a highly anticipated matchup between two of the game's best pitchers.

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Yankees-Tigers Rained Out, Play to Resume in Second Inning on Saturday (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

NEW YORK--What an anticlimactic ending to a Friday night in the Bronx After a 1-hour, 17-minute rain delay, Game 1 of the 2011 ALDS between the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers at Yankees Stadium was suspended at 10:24 p.m.

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Suspended game changes dynamic of Yankees-Tigers series (Yahoo! Sports)

And this, dear Stewies, is what happens when you chase television money and schedule a postseason game to start at 8:37 on a Friday night at Yankee Stadium. There was no baseball on Friday night in the Bronx. Well, not … Continue reading →

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Philadelphia and St. Louis mayors bet beers on NLDS (Yahoo! Sports)

Playoff baseball means it's time for a few friendly bets between mayors from the respective cities involved. And we have one to report from the Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals NLDS, which is set to begin on Saturday afternoon … Continue reading →

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A Season of Rain Delays at Yankee Stadium (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

NEW YORK--If 2009 was the year of the walk-off victory at Yankees Stadium, 2011 is the year of the rain delay. Play in Game 1 of the 2011 ALDS between the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers Friday night was suspended at 9:07 p.m.

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Yankees fans still reveling in demise of 2011 Boston Red Sox (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

New York Yankees fans are still kicking dirt on Boston Red Sox Nation even as their team gets ready to take on the Detroit Tigers in Game 1 of the 2011 ALDS at Yankee Stadium Friday night. To the right is an image of a shrine dedicated to the Red Sox's historic collapse sent to...

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Fan’s view: Can baseball follow up this week’s masterpiece? (Yahoo! Contributor Network)

It's time to start analyzing the series that will provide the competition for the New York Yankees going forward in the postseason. Whatever occurs, Major League Baseball will never be able to capture the excitement Game 162 provided this week.

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