So, my DD's high school team fought admirably through the Loser's Bracket to make it to the State Championship Game in our division. This is Georgia, so GHSA rules apply. We were up 3-2 in the 6th when it began raining. I mean monsoon-like pouring, but no lightning. The sixth inning ended and our parents and coaches were yelling at the umpires to call the game. They did not. We began the seventh inning in the field and things went downhill fast. The ball was wet and our pitcher wiping it with her towel was useless because the towel was soaking wet. Our second baseman was trying to catch a routine popup and had it in her glove and the ball just popped right out of her glove, again because both the ball and her glove were soaking wet and she had rain in her eyes. So, the other team scored. FINALLY, with runners on first and third and no outs, they call the game. Our coaches and parents were livid that they let it go that long and the other team was able to come back like that.
We waited at least 30 minutes for the rain to die down. Then, an announcement over the loudspeaker saying games will resume in three hours. Ugh. Then, they called all the head coaches up to the broadcaster's booth. Apparently, the coach of the other team was insistent on finishing the game(s) that night despite the radar showing clearly that more rain was coming. We left to go to dinner and about two hours later, got an email that games had been cancelled. Now, we have to drive two hours on Monday to the other school and finish the game on their turf and play the "if" game if we manage to pull out a win. The thing that sticks in my craw is that the umpire's delayed bad decision is likely to doom us. It seems that the fair thing to do would be to pick up play at the end of the last completed inning. But no, we have to play from the point of interruption.
This is mainly a vent, but I also know that we have umpires on here. I would assume that the umpire waited so long thinking that maybe they could complete the game, but it was SO clear that the field was unplayable and the team in the field was at such a disadvantage with the ball slipping and sliding all over the place.
We waited at least 30 minutes for the rain to die down. Then, an announcement over the loudspeaker saying games will resume in three hours. Ugh. Then, they called all the head coaches up to the broadcaster's booth. Apparently, the coach of the other team was insistent on finishing the game(s) that night despite the radar showing clearly that more rain was coming. We left to go to dinner and about two hours later, got an email that games had been cancelled. Now, we have to drive two hours on Monday to the other school and finish the game on their turf and play the "if" game if we manage to pull out a win. The thing that sticks in my craw is that the umpire's delayed bad decision is likely to doom us. It seems that the fair thing to do would be to pick up play at the end of the last completed inning. But no, we have to play from the point of interruption.
This is mainly a vent, but I also know that we have umpires on here. I would assume that the umpire waited so long thinking that maybe they could complete the game, but it was SO clear that the field was unplayable and the team in the field was at such a disadvantage with the ball slipping and sliding all over the place.