Splish, splash
This photo of Chris Sidick wasn't taken from Tuesday night's doubleheader against River City, it only looks that way. It was taken in a game last month. The doubleheader games were sloppy in more ways than one. Water splashing in the outfield when players ran. Players slipping. It was dangerous - and stupid - to play under such conditions. The risk of injury was too high. That was obvious three batters into the first game, when Washington first baseman Nathan Messner was slowly moving under a foul popup, slipped and fell on his back. Left fielder Matt Sutton also slipped as he started after a line drive hit to within only a few feet of him during the second game. Sutton never did get solid footing and missed the ball after making a diving attempt at making a catch.
Playing with the field conditions so poor had to be embrassing to the Wild Things organization, but in the Frontier League you don't postpone games because of water in the outfield, especially when one of the teams is involved in a pennant race.
posted by Chris Dugan at
9:31 PM
3 Comments:
Exactly how hard did it rain there today? Or was it just from the previous day?
I don't know the measured amount of rainfall, but it has rained on and off for several days, with some of the rain being downpours. There was no significant rain Tuesday after 2:30 p.m., but the damage had been done by that point. The field drains so poorly that the ground is saturated to the point that water splashes when you run in the outfield.
Almost makes me want to change my vote in your poll...almost.
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