THE BALLPARK — It’s been bone dry in Utah the last few weeks, but that hasn’t been the case for some of our neighboring states.
And that came to the detriment of the Colorado Rockies Wednesday night.
The Rockies and Los Angeles Dodgers tried to muster through their game as the heavens opened up over Coors Field, sending fans racing for the stadium’s concourse. Dodgers infielder Max Muncy popped up a pitch in the middle of the chaos, and it just created more misery for the league’s worst team.
As you can see in this replay, Rockies second baseman Thairo Estrada immediately calls off everyone to catch the ball, but it’s clear he has no idea where this baseball is. Losing it in the rain, he eventually gives up and ducks for cover — and the ball lands about 20 feet away, next to first baseman Michael Toglia, who also has no clue where the ball is.
Adding insult to injury, the mishap allowed a pair of runs to score in what was a scoreless tie at the time. Once the rain cleared, the Dodgers went on to win 8-1.
Now, many people point to this play as an example of the quality of play in Colorado this year, but this one might be attributed to the hubris of the umpires, who thought the teams could play through this type of rain.
The storm that passed through Denver on Wednesday wasn’t part of a monsoonal pattern, but the result was similar. Anyone who has been swept up in one of those knows it might be brief, but it’ll have you running for anything that offers protection.
And another thing, Colorado, could you send some of that rain our way? With wildfires and drought, a downpour like this sounds pretty good right about now.
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