When was the last time it snowed during the Fall Classic? I doubt there are stats of this somewhere, I’m counting on someone’s ridiculous bb knowledge (I’m looking at you, sdimbert and Arnold…).
I doubt it’s ever happened. It snows a lot early in the season (especially since the season stars in March now), but there aren’t that many places where baseball is played outdoors where there is snow in late October.
Denver, sure, but they’ve never been there. Not Boston, not New York, and probably not Milwaukee or Chicago.
And, it could blizzard in Manhattan tomorrow, but it won’t matter – the Yankees just won the World Series as I type this post. 
What was it, three years ago that the Tribe played the marlins (deliberately lowecase; they don’t deserve to be capitalized)? There was snow falling during one of the games in Cleveland, although there was none on the ground.
And dangit, I was rooting for the Mets. The Yankees have already won their fair share, give someone else a chance.
So far, there hasn’t been snow during World Series time. There have been several “near misses,” in that several cities with teams that lost in the playoffs (or narrowly missed winning a divison title) have had snow during the time they WOULD have been hosting World Series games… but it hasn’t actually happened yet.
There HAVE been quite a few snowed-out games, but all the snowed-out games I know of took place in April.
It’s only a matter of time before the Rockies make the World Series. We’ll see some snow then. I believe the Rockies have had games snowed out in months other than April.
Back in 1991 the Series had four games played in Minnesota. If not for a domed stadium we might have seen snow there.
But think of the northernmost teams . . . Rockies, Mariners, Red Sox, Blue Jays, and Expos, really. The Blue Jays have a decent shot at a WS in coming years. The Sox and Mariners have okay chances. The Expos . . . and the Rockies . . . no offense, but I don’t sink so.
Uh . . . no. If you’re going to make definitive statements, it helps to actually have correct information. Sheesh.
It so happens I attended Game 4 of the 1997 World Series in Cleveland, and I can assure you, it was snowing. It was mostly just lake-effect flurries with little to no accumulation, but it most definitely snowed. We were sitting in the 500 sections, in the upper deck on the first-base side, and it was cold.
If there is any doubt whatsoever, just check the online game coverage from the Indians’ web site. Top of the first, the online “announcer” notes, “Tonight’s game gets started amidst a steady stream of snowflakes.” Bottom of the inning, he notes, “The snow is coming down harder now.” Bottom of the third: “Matt Williams is now at bat as the snow begins to fly. . . . IT’S OFFICIAL! This is the coldest game in World Series history! It’s now 35 degrees farenheit[sic] in frigid Jacobs Field, but it doesn’t seem to phase the red hot Indians.”
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Addendum: According to the Official MLB website, the 1997 Game 4 mentioned above was “the first World Series snowfall since 1979,” which was Pittsburgh over Baltimore in seven games. I have to guess that it snowed in both cities that year, since it was pretty snowy throughout the Northeast, but I don’t know for sure.
Nice try, though, astorian.
Snow in Toronto during the World Series would be a very surprising occurrence. Last week it was 60-70 degrees every day, just beautiful. During the 1992-1993 World Serieses the weather was fine, but AL rules require the dome be closed during playoff games (dunno why).
Alas, most northern cities have domes now.
There were flurries at the Giants game in New Jersey right across the river on Sunday. Had the Subway Series made it to a seventh game, there would have probably been snow flurries for it as well.
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What are you counting as “northern cities”? Seattle, Milwaukee, both Chicago teams, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, both New York teams, Montreal, Denver, Boston and Detroit all play in outdoor stadiums. I’d say that, among northern baseball cities, Seattle is in fact unique in playing in a dome. Aside from the Twins at the Bagdome, all the other domes are in the south.
“S-e-a-t-t-l-e” is, of course, an archaic spelling of “Toronto.”
Montreal plays in a dome. Toronto and Seattle play in stadiums with retractable roofs.
Arizona and Houston use retractable roofs so they can aircondition the place so people don’t die in 100 degree summer heat.
Stad Olympique has a retractable roof.
Chance of the WS, maybe; chance of snow in October, slim to none. It’s usually pretty mild here that time of year, although it can get chilly and rainy. The roof keeps precipitation off the field but doesn’t do much to keep the weather out of the uppper sections.
I’m scared to imagine what the traffic would be like if we had the WS here and snow.
Montreal plays under a sort-of-retractable-but-usually-on-all-the-time fabric roof. Seattle plays in a retractable dome. Keep up with stadium construction, dude. 
The five northernmost MLB cities are Seattle, Minnesota, Montreal, Toronto, and Boston, more or less in that order, unless Milwaukee is north of Boston but I don’t think it is. The first four all play under roofs (when need be, in some cases.) Milwaukee has apparently declined the opportunity; their new ballpark is open.
The new stadium in Milwaukee, Miller Park, will have a retractable roof. Building it is one of the reasons that there was the fatal construction accident back in 1999.
Stade Olympique’s roof may be retractable in theory, but since the new roof was put in place, it never has been retracted for a baseball game.
According to my 2057 Baseball Almanac, the decisive game 7 of the New York Yankees-Alaska Eskimos World Series will be played under a snowstorm. Only the synthetically developed fabric used to make the uniforms (fabric engineering?) will allow the players to perform under such a lousy weather.
Too bad that Igloo Stadium is not, I mean, will not be, a dome.:rolleyes:
And if you are wondering, the Yankees won in 7, I mean, the Yanks will win in 7. Damn it, I have a really tough time with this four-dimensional thinking. :rolleyes:
And, as you may have expected, Derek Jeter IV will be the MVP.
Off to bet on the Lakers-Blazers game.
Milwaukee is easily further north than Boston[sup]1[/sup] and Detroit is about at the same latitude as Boston.
Also, Montreal is further north than Minneapolis-St. Paul.
[sup]1[/sup] I suspect you’ve been fooled by a practice common to many mapmakers. Maps of the US are often rotated counterclockwise slightly so that true north is not directly upward in the center of the map. This lets them use a slightly larger scale, but it also fools people into thinking that eastern cities are further north than they really are.