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Hurricane Ike Postpones Cubs/Astros Friday Game, Possibly Series
6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog — ... bearing down on the city. The Astros have already postponed Friday's game, with no scheduled makeup date. If they were going to find a neutral site to play the games at, they'd have to get going right now.

Astros Cancel Two Games In Anticipation of Hurricane Ike
FanHouse — ... When a team is as hot as the Houston Astros are, the only thing they want to do is keep playing baseball. It appears that Hurricane Ike is not an Astros fan, because the Astros are canceling two weekend games against the Chicago Cubs in anticipation of the storm while the currently visiting Pittsburgh Pirates are making plans to get out of town as quickly after tonight's game. The team's statement: ...

Hurricane Ike keeps Cubs-Astros series in limbo
Big League Stew — ... In a story written Thursday on Houston Chronicle's website, the Cubs were portrayed as feeling "displeasure" at the series not being moved to a neutral site by now, but Piniella, Hendry and players were only worried about being made to fly into a hurricane. ...

Morning Extras: Ryan Howard is Mr. September
The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae — ... • Houston came into last night tied with the Phils for second in the wild card race. Mother nature has now put them half a game back, as they've had to postpone some games due to the Hurricane. ...