Sunshine delay

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Originally Posted by Andy

Hasn't happened to me personally, but I have seen it at a tournament I was working.

Men's FP tournament, game is in about the 3rd or 4th inning as the sun is setting behind center field. New inning starts, first pitch comes in, catcher has to move his glove at the last minute to catch the ball.

PU: Hey, catch....could you see that pitch?
Catcher: Not really, that sun is brutal.
PU: Agreed....TIME!

About a ten minute delay until the sun dropped below the horizon and the game continued.

This was in July.

I have never seen a field where the land was so flat beyond the outfield with no obstructions (buildings, berms, etc.) where a pitcher in a FP game would be in the sun below the hip of the pitcher. Then again, there are some pretty good sunglasses out there.