The Tribe had better get used to it.

The most recent Weather.com report for Monday's regular-season opener against the White Sox at Progressive Field calls for a high of 47 degrees, a low of 38 and a 60 percent chance of showers.

Play ball?

"I guess global warming hasn't hit Cleveland yet," Indians general manager Mark Shapiro joked. "It's not going to be sunny and 70 when we get back there. It's a matter of whether there's precipitation or not. We're going to play if it's cold."

Everybody knows the story of last year's aborted attempt at a home opener. That April 6 game against the Mariners was called one out shy of becoming official because of a blizzard at the ballpark, and an entire four-game series was snowed out.

The Indians had to make up the games against the Mariners on off-days throughout the season and had to play one of them as part of a doubleheader at Safeco Field. Three other home games against the Angels were played in Milwaukee, of all places.

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But last year's weather disaster didn't prevent the Indians from taking the opportunity to open this season at home for the first time since 2001. Last April 2, when the Indians opened the season in Chicago on a cold and snowy day, it was sunny with a high of 72 degrees.

It obviously won't be that pleasant on Monday.

"My thought is, 'Hey, we can play in it,'" Shapiro said. "We've played in everything. We played in snow, we played home games on the road. If our opponent wants to complain about it, that's good with us, because our guys can play in anything."

Here's hoping they play at all.

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