Oct 13, 2006 4:06 PM EST

Rich Harden grew up in western Canada, playing baseball in sleet and freezing rain.

The Oakland pitcher is OK with bad weather. That's good, because he figures to feel it Friday when he starts Game 3 of the AL championship series with his A's trailing Detroit 2-0.

"I'm used to it," Harden said.

Welcome to baseball's winter wonderland, where the frosty forecast is calling for fastballs, curveballs and ... snowballs.

Via AP