One of those nights

[chapmaja]

Scheduled to work 4 co-rec SP games last night in our local league. Arrive for the first game and one team is ready, the other has only 2 females (league rules required minimum of 3 to start). Start game clock (1:15 time limit), at scheduled time, allow 10 minute grace period (league rule), befor declaring the game a forfeit.

The second game starts, and we are down to 32 minutes left when thunder is heard and lightening seen. That ends game 2.

Game 3 is going only well (8 on 8) until the bottom of the 4th. One team, on defense is playing 5 guys 3 girls. A ball is hit to LF. Left fielder throws to 2nd attempting to get the force. Ball bounces off the tip of the glove and hits the 2nd baseperson right in the mouth, causing the immediate gushing of blood. She immediately takes off with her BF to the ER. This leaves the team with 2 girls, so we end this game early.

Game 4 is going great through 4 innings. As the top of the 5th is ready to start, the sprinkler system goes off in the outfield. Now we have a delay while I got get the site supervisor. As i'm walking to the parking lot where he sits in his car, I noticed the sky is lighting up as storms blow in. With 29 minutes left we end this game.

What a strange and screwed up night. Spent an hour doing paperwork after the game due to the strange occurrances of the night. At least the lights did not go out on us like happened the previous week.