5/1/2012 Reds vs Little Bears

[Blitz Dorsey]

Well, that sux.

[VottoFan54]

Reds official twitter stating the obvious:

Due to the current condition of the field & the presence of a new storm front, umpires & both teams have agreed to postpone tonight's game.

[Degenerate39]

Does Arroyo pitch tomorrow? And I was looking forward to this game

[RBA]

I guess they wanted to watch the NBA playoffs.

[Crumbley]

Two off days in a row are killing me.

[Reds Fanatic]

Originally Posted by Degenerate39

Does Arroyo pitch tomorrow? And I was looking forward to this game

Yes according to Mark Sheldon Arroyo will pitch tomorrow and Bailey willl pitch the Thursday afternoon game

[Screwball]

Originally Posted by Crumbley

Two off days in a row are killing me.

I blame Dusty somehow.

[Degenerate39]

Walt should be fired for this

[Tom Servo]

Originally Posted by Degenerate39

Walt should be fired for this

If he hadn't traded for Latos, this wouldn't have happened.

[757690]

Originally Posted by Screwball

I blame Dusty somehow.

I blame Bob Boone.

[cumberlandreds]

Pretty good. 50+ posts for a game never played. Looks like Leake will be skipped in the rotation. They should make this game up as a good old fashioned, 5:30 pm twi-night doubleheader on August 17th.

[redsfan30]

Last night was a very strange night at the ballpark. The radar was on the scoreboard and TVs all night long so we were able to watch what was coming in. The delay for the first (technically second) wave that came in around 7:30 was justified and to be expected.

After that batch moved through, however, they could have played. Might not have got all nine innings in, but I would say for sure they could have got 4.5 in. My wife and I spent the delay in the safety of the Riverfront Club and from time to time I would walk around to the field-view side of the club to see a decent amount of people back in their seats with no rain and no movement on the field. A quick glance up to the radar showed the next batch of rain was starting to weaken a bit. So after nearly two hours sitting in the Riverfront Club I told my wife let's go back to our seats, they have to be in the beginning stages of starting the game.

So out we go. I grab some coneys and we head to our seats. All the while, only the "emergency" type lights were on at the stadium. Not full lights so it kind of gave a wierd vibe to the whole stadium. I know they did it to save money on the electric bill and that's fine, just still never seen it done during a delay, even to start the game.

The strangest thing of all was there was zero word about what was happening all night long. There was so much confusion all night. "It's not raining, there's nothing for a while, why aren't they playing or at least making the decision to call it now rather than have the crowd stick around for another un-needed hour?" As we were finally leaving the stadium, we were walking alongside a Reds employee who was on her cellphone angrily telling her (I assume) husband about the fact that they told them absolutely nothing all night long only to send them home. It was just strange to not even get a P.A. message along the lines of "we are still in a holding patern but a decision will be made within 'x' time period."

Then we get in the car to make the two hour drive home only to find out that 75 North was shut down at the 74 exit and it turns out that it had been shut down by flooding for a good chunk of the evening. Why in the world would the Reds not let their crowd know that a major road for a huge chunk of thier existing crowd is shut down??

I am a longtime fan who goes to the park 20-25 times a year so last night in the grand scheme of things didn't bother me, it was just a tad frustrating. I fully get rain happens and that can make for logistical nightmares. However, a little info would have been helpful. If I were a first time visitor to the park I would have been left with a very bad taste in my mouth.

As it turns out with only the emergency lights lighing the field, we were left in the dark all night long...literally and figuratively.

[traderumor]

I'm guessing the outfield may have been too wet and with more rain on the way, there was no hope that the field would be in playable condition at any point.

As for communicating traffic issues, I'm not sure that is a realistic expectation of any public event.