A Late Night...

As uneventful as Tuesday night was, Wednesday night was just the opposite. Rain, heavy rain, as usual, was forecast for this evening. It did not disappoint. The tarp was on when I arrived on City Island. It had not yet started to rain, but it was only a matter of time.It started around 6:20 and got heavier as the time went along. I really didn't think that this game would be played, as hard as it was raining. Altoona had no desire to play it. Our guys really didn't want to play. The alternative, however, was a double-header on Thursday, ordinarily not a big deal. But tomorrow's game was a 12:00 start, our guys were leaving for Portland after the game, and, surprise-surprise, there was a 60% chance of rain. So we were waiting it out. It was also 80's night, so there were some interesting outfits on the office staff this evening, and a lot of 80's music and trivia from the scoreboard. The rain finally stopped about 8:30 and now the task of getting the field playable began. We got to it and and the game was able to start just after 9:00 pm. If we played our usual 3 hour game, that meant we'd finish around midnight. And after post game work, we'd get home around 1:15 or 1:30 am. Really looking forward to that. The crew tnight was a repeat of Tuesday, Izzy, Alan, Knute, and myself. The game limped along and the 2 teams traded leads for a while. The Sens finally took a 6-5 lead after the 7th and were able to hang on to take the win. We blew through the post game work as fast as we could, not really giving it our A game. It would have to do, since it was starting to rain again. We headed for the back, and had a few beers, while we recapped the evening. We all agreed that it was probably the worst weather night of the year. After that, we packed it in and headed for home. I'll be back in for Thursday's game, cutting out of work for half a day. Until then, later.