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Why Yankees aren't playing today vs. Rays with weather news

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This was announced quite early.

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The New York Yankees decided that they weren't waiting around. Their Saturday afternoon scheduled game against the Tampa Bay Rays won't be played today, and they decided that nice and early. The postponement announcement came at about 9 a.

m. ET via the Yankees' social media channels. For now, the Yankees are scheduled to resume action on Sunday for a series finale against the Rays.

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