Guardians postpone division title celebration at Progressive Field

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The Cleveland Guardians wanted to raise their AL Central banner Tuesday night at Progressive Field, but the weather didn’t cooperate. 

The 86-67 Guardians were forced to postpone their flag-raising ceremony before a game against the Tampa Bay Rays, per the Associated Press.

While the game isn’t rained out in Cleveland, the Guardians are used to the wet weather this season. They’ve had 10 rainouts that have forced them to play eight doubleheaders this season, a league high. Six of them have come at home. 

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The Cleveland Guardians celebrate after they defeated the Texas Rangers 10-4 and clinched the American League Central Division at Globe Life Field Sept. 25, 2022, in Arlington, Texas. (Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)

Rain is in the forecast for the remaining games of this series, which is why the ceremony has been pushed to Saturday against the Kansas City Royals. 

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The Guardians, who have the youngest team in MLB, willed their way to an unexpected division title – their fourth in the last seven years. It’s also the first time the franchise has done so as the Guardians. 

The tarp sits on the field after rain stopped play during the third inning of a game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field Sept. 27, 2022, in Cleveland. (Jason Miller/Getty Images)

It was Cleveland’s 10-4 win over the Texas Rangers Sunday that clinched the division after punching their ticket to the postseason three games earlier against the Chicago White Sox, one of the teams in the Central that was