August 7, 2010 - Everett 9 - Boise 0 (FORFEIT)

What an evening.

It had rained, or rather misted, all day in Shoreline with surprisingly warm weather and Bob and I were ready with our umbrellas for the game.  We had our ceremonial hot dog at Costco and arrived at the ballpark at 6:15 for the 7:00 game.  It seemed more comfortable sitting in the car than in the wet bleachers, so we passed a dry 40 minutes relaxing before the game.

The weather seemed to be getting better with the sound of raindrops lessening as we waited in the car.  We eventually headed for the entrance, dried off seats 9 and 10, opened the BIG umbrella and heard the announcement that the revised game start time would be 7:30.  We watched the grounds crew roll up the big tarp, put diamond dry on the various wet areas, and mark out the baselines.  The plethora of ceremonial first pitches took place.  National Anthem singer arrived.  At around 7:20 the umpires came out and looked around then headed back to their room (apparently).

We waited as the misty rain let up even more and the players stood around the field tossing baseballs and anticipating the start of the game.

Nothing happened.  The grounds crew was done.  The players were ready.  The umpires were no where to be seen.

At about 8:00 the umpires made another appearance, wandered around the field looking here and there, then headed up to the press box.  Then back on the field to chat with the managers and then they wandered around again ending up in the Aquasox dugout.  Tall Tom announced that the revised game time would be 8:25.

It started to rain harder.

Bob and I, believing that the game would never get underway in just 15 minutes (and very possibly not at all) and seeing that even with an 8:25 start the game would last until at least 11pm (if there were no further rain delays during the game) headed to the car.  On the drive home we heard the first pitch and jumped back and forth between the Aquasox and Mariners games.

In the morning I see that in the bottom of the first inning a Boise player slipped when going for a ball in the left field corner and (after a 20 minute delay) the Boise manager Jody Davis chose to forfeit the game rather than risk injuries.

Bob and I made the right choice.  And apparently Jody Davis made the wrong choice - he was suspended for 6 games.