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From: dpb@philabs.UUCP (Paul Benjamin)
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Subject: Re: RE: baseball in Denver
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Date: Wed, 9-Oct-85 14:32:59 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct  9 14:32:59 1985
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> >> Hey, did anyone see the Denver-Miami game ? Six inches of snow in September.
> >> And they want to put a major league team in Denver !
> >
> >   Weather is very fickle, especially in Denver. It so happens that that storm
> > caused the coldest weather ever recorded here in September, the point being,
> > that was NOT typical September weather but rather an extreme case. 
> > 
> >               Snow in Toronto in October is probably not out of the question 
> > either. Denver clearly has the fan support for a major league team. We aren't 
> > the ONLY city deserving of consideration, but certainly one of the leading 
> > candidates.
> > 
> 	Another thing:  Although we had 6 inches of snow on Saturday, most of
> this was gone (dry ground) already by Monday.  I lived in Wisconsin for 24 
> years, and because of how dry it is out here, Denver is much more suited for
> baseball than Milwaukee (and the Brewers seem to get their games in).
> 
> 
> Dave Van Handel

I was in Denver last December, and was startled to find temperatures
in the 60's. It was much warmer than NY. Now, this may seem an anomaly,
but people there said it was not really unusual.