All hands on deck as Rockies clear Coors Field

Paul White, USA TODAY Sports | USATODAY

The pains they'll go to just to play a game – or two – on a chilly, brisk day in Denver.

But the 39 degrees forecast for today's 3:10 p.m. ET game time will seem downright balmy for the Colorado Rockies and New York Mets, assuming they can get 9 inches of snow off Coors Field.

So, there was Rockies owner Dick Monfort, mascot Digger and any other available Rockies employees on the field this morning shoveling away in an attempt to get in a day-night doubleheader after Monday night's game was snowed out.

Assuming they can clear the white stuff, conditions for the afternoon game should be reasonable – all things being relative in April in Denver – with the temperature forecast to be 39 at game time and rising several degrees over the next few hours. The partly sunny conditions also could help with the melt-off.

As for that night game (8:40 ET): Scattered showers are predicted to be in the area by then. There'll be rain, at least to begin with, but it could turn to snow showers before it's over as sunset is about an hour after first pitch.

Temperatures should remain above freezing, but that's freezing by the Fahrenheit scale. We'll have to check with players later how that translates for guys trying to hit 90-mph fastballs.