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PeterDragon	posted on 09-13-2001 @ 6:05 PM
O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01	Baseball postpones games through weekend Games will be made up first week in October By Ian Browne MLB.com NEW YORK -- In the wake of terrorist attacks on New York City's World Trade Center and the Pentagon in Washington D.C., Major League Baseball has postponed all games at least through the weekend. "Major League Baseball remains very sensitive to the aftereffects of the terrible tragedy that has struck our nation and will again postpone its scheduled games," Selig said in a statement. "All of us at Major League Baseball grieve for all of those continuing to suffer through this terrible tragedy." On Tuesday, the decision was made to postpone all regular season games for the first time since D-Day, June 6, 1944. Wednesday morning, the Commissioner had released a statement postponing all of Wednesday's games, as well as Thursday's game between the White Sox and the Yankees scheduled for Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. The canceled schedule of games on Tuesday and Wednesday was identical. In the National League, it included the New York Mets at Pittsburgh, Montreal at Florida, Philadelphia at Atlanta, San Francisco at Houston, Cincinnati at the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis at Milwaukee, Colorado at Arizona and Los Angeles at San Diego. In the AL the schedule would have been Minnesota at Detroit, Toronto at Baltimore, Chicago White Sox at New York Yankees, Boston at Tampa Bay, Cleveland at Kansas City, Texas at Oakland and Seattle at Anaheim. On Thursday, the only change was to be in the AL West, where Oakland was scheduled to play in Anaheim and Texas was to play in Seattle. With teams unable to fly, many chartered buses to head home: the Twins from Detroit, the Cardinals from Milwaukee, the Indians from Kansas City, the Mets from Pittsburgh, and the Blue Jays from Baltimore. Early on Wednesday morning, the White Sox left New York City via bus and headed to Cleveland. There's been no official word yet as to when the postponed games will be made up. The most likely scenario, according to an MLB spokesperson, would be to play them after the last day of the regular season, which is Sunday, Sept. 30. This would mean the playoffs would start later than the planned date of Oct. 2. Selig wouldn't go into specifics with The Associated Press. "We haven't worked all that out, but I'm hopeful we can have a 162-game season," he told The AP. "I think we have a plan that makes sense." Ian Browne is a regional writer for MLB.com based in New York. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Sig pic removed temporarily as a sign of respect.

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