Hurricane Irene already taking its toll on sporting events

As folks on the East Coast prepare for Hurricane Irene, the MLB, the NFL and the PGA are doing their best to juggle their own respective schedules over the weekend.

The Barclays Tournament, which is played at the Plainfield Country Club in New Jersey has been cut to 54 holes and depending on conditions tomorrow, may be cut even shorter than that.

Tournament director Slugger White said that if the storms arrive earlier than expected on Saturday and they are not able to complete the third round, they would revert to the 36-hole leaderboard to declare a winner and points that players carry over to next week’s Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston.

“If we don’t get 18 in tomorrow, we will resort back to 36 holes, and the FedEx points would go to that,” White said.

Major League Baseball has turned Sunday games between the Florida Marlins-Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Red Sox-Oakland A’s into Saturday day-night doubleheaders.

The NFL moved up the start of the Jets-Giants game at the Meadowlands to 2pm, otherwise, fans wouldn’t be able to get home before the “suggested” curfew. No really, at 9pm Saturday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has asked that people stay indoors for at least 24 hours. With the shutdown of the MTA at noon tomorrow, it’s a wonder how many in the Big Apple will even be able to get to the game.

So yea, if you’re on the east coast and have a ticket for a sporting event this weekend, well, good luck. Even if you’re able to get there, you’ll probably need a pretty serious rain poncho and a heavy duty umbrella….oh yea, and a life preserver.

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