Marlowe Alter

Detroit Free Press

Baseball is back!

Well, it's supposed to be for the Detroit Tigers, beginning this afternoon in Chicago. But mother nature may have something to say about that.

Free Press sports writers Anthony Fenech and George Sipple tweeted out around 3:30 this afternoon that game will not start at the originally scheduled 4:10 p.m. Eastern. There is no word now on when the game is expected to start.

Weather.com predicted a nasty, wet day in the Chicago area, with the city receiving rain showers all day, starting early this morning. And the forecast gets worse as the day unfolds.

As of 3:55 p.m. Eastern, it's raining and 47 degrees in Chicago.

There is at least an 60% chance of precipitation from noon through the rest of the day, with rain continuing through the night and into the early morning Tuesday.

The teams are off Tuesday, and continue their three-game series on Wednesday and Thursday. Both games are scheduled for 2:10 p.m.

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Contact Marlowe Alter: malter@freepress.com. Follow him on Twitter @MarloweAlter.

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