Furthering my contention that this is one of the worst run franchises in sports.
In the history of this franchise in DC, I don't recall anything like this. They've called games before just as it stopped raining - several times that I can remember. But not after waiting
four hours. What in the hell were they waiting for? Did somebody expect the sun was going to come out when it stopped raining, and as it's still pitch black, Einstein doesn't think they can play?
There's no excuse for any of this. Do they not have radar? It's 2013 - you don't have to stick your head outside to figure out if it's going to rain. At 7pm it was obvious what was coming and when it would stop. The radar I looked at at both 7 and 8:30 showed the exact same thing: it would be pouring from 9pm-10:30/11pm. It would taper off between 11pm and midnight.
Personally I was really pissed off by the utter lack of communication. They showed the Reds/Pirates game endlessly while I was there, but I'll be damned if I saw or heard word one about anything. Not "we expect to get this in.", "heavy rain is coming - bear with us, it should be out of here by..." or even just a "Rain Delay" on the giant screen. In year's past, I've gotten used to an increasing level of communication during inclement weather at the park. This was worse than the worst of times at RFK in 2005. Ridiculous.
And for anybody who stuck it out the entire four hours, I'm not sure there's a word for it in the English language. After hours of total silence, almost the precise second the rain stops, they call it? What, were they ready to start play and went down to the clubhouse only to discover all the players had gone home hours ago?
