[Kirschner] Yankees spokesman said MLB is meeting with all of the teams impacted by the bad air quality at 4 to determine if games will be played.

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1. Honestly either post pone all games if this is something that’ll go away by start of next week or if possible move to GMSF

2. They should absolutely postpone games until ~~Aaron Judge is healthy~~ the weather clears up.

3. The damage to the human lungs in three hours in these conditions are equivalent to David Ortiz receiving one steroid injection.

4. These Diablo 4 promos going a bit too far

5. PUT THE LEAGUE ON THE 15-DAY IL UNTIL ALL OF THIS CLEARS UP

6. This is honestly just so fucking weird with the smoke. It’s creepy.

7. It’s the right move.

8. I just went outside for 15 mins and came back gassed. It literally smells like fire.

9. After walking a bit outside, I don’t see how they can go ahead with the game

10. This game should have been postponed already

11. Bro the AQI is over 300. It’s malpractice not to cancel the games

12. Just postpone the damn game already.. Yanks should’ve built the Stadium with a Retractable Roof.

13. Boy the baseball gods are NOT happy that Judge went on IR.

14. The stadium looks like a scene out of Mad Max right now, they probably shouldn’t be playing

15. Postponed. Double header tomorrow. First game at 4:05pm.

16. This honestly wasn’t a bad call by the MLB, which I hope came from a meteorologist they consulted.

    The AQI in the Bronx is a whopping ~345 (PM2.5 dominated), which is considered hazardous. It’s not that much better in South Philly (the Phillies game was also postponed), where it’s ~170. In the NYC Metro’s case, it’s strongly advised to postpone all outdoor activities with PM2.5 concentrations at this level.

    If you don’t live in the area and are curious just how dense the smoke is, it’s borderline eye-opening from GOES-16: https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=local-New_Jersey-truecolor-48-0-100-1&checked=counties-usint-map-id&colorbar=undefined