As For The Outlaws...
The news isn't exactly all good either. They benefit more than Orange County because of the two full days off while at home instead of using one to travel.
Yet earlier today while talking with Enterprise-Record news writer Greg Welter, who has been at the forefront of covering the Butte County fires, I got the impression all the muck infesting the skies here in Chico isn't just going to prance out of town overnight. It will have to clear out rather substantially in 48 hours for the Outlaws to get Friday's game against Yuma at Nettleton Stadium in. If it doesn't, the GBL can't afford to keep cancelling games at a steady rate.
If I had to come up with an alternate scenario that would appeal to the league, it would be moving the Outlaws-Scorpions games to Peccole Park in Reno, the Silver Sox's home stadium. It would still present some logistical difficulties, but far fewer than trying to replay the series in a month and rearranging the August schedule.
Worse yet for the Outlaws, the GBL might opt to try what was done with the rained-out game in Canada between St. George and the Calgary Vipers earlier in the season. That game was simply rescheduled for the next series in Utah between the two teams, so Calgary was forced to play a home game on the road. The Outlaws' only trip to Yuma falls on Aug. 25 and might just make up any missed games from this weekend at that point.
What's most important to keep in mind with all these possibilities is that they are flat-out irrelevant if the three Outlaws-Scorpions games go as planned.