Philie forecast: Pitchers' night
Wind will be moving in same direction as fast balls.
Roy Halladay or Josh Johnson need less help from nature than most mortals, but tonight they'll get it anyway.
Temperatures at game time will be falling into the 40s, and a stiff 15 m.p.h. wind will be howling in from centerfield.
What's more, the air will be quite dry, thus absent any buoyancy that could be provided by water vapor.
What's more, did we mention that the guys on the mound will be Roy Halladay and Josh Johnson.
The players may find this hard to believe but we're not used to this kind of chill around here. At last look the temperature had nudged up to 52 at Philadelphia International Airport.
That makes this the coolest day of the month. It didn't get past 48 on March 31, but to find a day that was cooler than today before the 31st.
Recall that it was that end of the month cool-down that kept March from being the warmest in the 139-year period of record. Instead, it came in at No. 2.
Before the 31st, to find a day cooler than today you have to go all the back to March 6.