Indians Opening Day: Game Postponed, Makeup Scheduled for Tuesday

Update 2:33 p.m.: The Cleveland Indians announced on Twitter that their home opener has been postponed. The game will be made up Tuesday at 1:10 p.m. The forecast predicts a high of 34 degrees and a 0 percent chance of rain or snow.

CLEVELAND, OH — Baseball is back, and it's opening day in Cleveland. You can tell because it's 30 degrees and wet.

If you're leaving work early to catch the Indians' take on the Boston Red Sox, you'll want to bring a jacket.

With the game slated to start at 4:10 p.m., it'll be a brisk 33 degrees when the first pitch is thrown, according to a Weather.com forecast. Add in the fact that winds will be blowing at nearly 20 miles-per-hour, and the weather should feel like it's 22 degrees.

There's also a 15 percent chance of something wet falling — rain or snow, depending on the temperature and the wind off the lake.

In other words, those belonging to Joe Tait, bless him: "It's a bee-yooot-tee-ful day for baseball!"

The Indian's closed out Spring Training with a 3-1 victory over the Texas Rangers in Arlington on Saturday. It was 72 degrees and sunny.

Other than the weather, the game might actually be a good one with two former Cy Young Award winners starting, Corey Kluber for the Indians and David Price for the Red Sox.

For the brave souls still planning on attending the game, Progressive field has added many news features for the 2016 season.

Here are some of the improvements, via Cleveland.com.

• A brand new scoreboard, which is about twice the size of last year's. The scoreboard will be in the same spot of the field, but due to the removal of some advertisements the team was able to make it much bigger.
• More sight lines from the main concourse. After the removal of concrete walls from the main concourse, fans will now be able to see the action on the field while waiting for food or simply walking around the stadium.
• More food options. In addition to the standard ballpark food, the Indians will be serving more unorthodox menu items such as a hot dog topped with fruit loops — because why not?
• Improved luxury options. Diamond box and field box season-ticket holders will have access to the Home Plate Club, which features heating and a great view of the game. The rest of the fans can look on in envy, huddling to stay warm in their actual seats.
• About 1,000 less fans. After removing some seats, the stadium's capacity will be around 36,000. Last season's average attendance was 17,806, so this renovation shouldn't actually matter.

Here are both team's projected lineups, via MLB.com:

Red Sox's projected Opening Day lineup
Mookie Betts, RF
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
Xander Bogaerts, SS
David Ortiz, DH
Hanley Ramirez, 1B
Travis Shaw, 3B
Brock Holt, LF
Blake Swihart, C
Jackie Bradley Jr., CF
David Price, LHP

Indians' projected Opening Day lineup
Rajai Davis, LF
Jason Kipnis, 2B
Francisco Lindor, SS
Mike Napoli, 1B
Carlos Santana, DH
Yan Gomes, C
Marlon Byrd, RF
Juan Uribe, 3B
Collin Cowgill, CF
Corey Kluber, RHP

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