World Series 2016: Cleveland weather is cold, but it"s not 1997-against-the-Marlins cold

Downtown Cleveland Weather

Published on Oct. 25, 2016

The weather looks chilly and iffy in Cleveland for Games 1 and 2 of the World Series, but at least it won"t be as punishing as the last time the Indians hosted the Fall Classic.

Cleveland hosted Games 3-5 in the 1997 World Series against the Marlins, and the frigid conditions served as a metaphor of the traditional Cleveland sports experience: Brutal and nearly unbearable. Observe:

• Game 3: 47 degrees, with a 25 mph wind
• Game 4: 35 degrees, with a 15 mph wind and snow (coldest game in World Series history)
• Game 5: 46 degrees, with a 12 mph wind

Hardly welcoming for the Boys of Summer.

Game 4 was especially unpleasant, with the record-settingcold, wind andswirling snow creating a scene atthen-Jacobs Fieldthat brought chills to even the warmest of tuned-inliving rooms across America.

Omar Vizquel warms up (yeah, right) beforeGame 4 of the 1997 World Series in Cleveland. (Getty Images)

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The Hoth-like conditions were especially brutal after having played in 70- and -80 degree weather for Games 1 and 2 in Miami. Despite being completely out of their element, though, the Marlins won Games 3 and 5 en route to a seven-game series win that made South Florida feel even warmerand gave Cleveland yet another cold slap ofsports agony.

All things considered, the upper-40s temperatures expected at the start of Game 1 Tuesday night, and even the wet weather expected in Game 2, don"t seem so bad.

Source: http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/news/2016-world-series-weather-cubs-indians-1997-game-4-cold-snow-cleveland-marlins/1dt2focvb3uy6zd7bu25svd3f