Our JV team had an away game about 3 years ago and when we got there, the field wasn't ready yet. As the home team is trying to find the holes for mounting the bases, one of the umpires comes up to our coach and tells her if the field isn't ready at 4:30 (game time), she will have to forfeit. Needless to say, she was a bit shocked.
Fortunately, one of our parents is involved with the city's youth leagues and had temporary bases available. Probably the first and only HS game I'll ever see firsthand with a pillow-style base mounted down in all for corners.
And near the end of the second game of the doubleheader, the umpire apologized to our coach for the earlier comment.
