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That game couldn't have been played last night ... I was there, we drove back and stayed in the area hoping it could be played, but there was no way in hell. There was lightning in the area to-boot.

I normally agree with you Mike but you're wrong about this. Matter of fact, I was there with Hank. He had driven all the way there to meet us when he left The Masters.

No way it could have been played. No way they could have gotten 5 innings-in. And, had they tried, and had someone torn a ligament slipping and sliding, or had someone come away sick, or had any of the fans had a major issue because of the weather ... it would have been bad.

I wasn't there so I'll take your word but 247 guy at the field at around 7ish said it was a light drizzle...and I did look at radar and looked like we could get it in.

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Posted by scrooster

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Posted on 4/8/23 at 11:51 pm to mikeboss550

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I wasn't there so I'll take your word but 247 guy at the field at around 7ish said it was a light drizzle...and I did look at radar and looked like we could get it in.

There was like a gap in the rain, for twenty minutes or so, between 7 and 7:30. We walked outside and it was drizzling and then we looked at the radar and by 7:30 it was a gully washer again.

By 7:50 it was coming down so hard you could see it in the lights in the ballpark.

That game would have never been able to even get 4 and a half hours in. By 8PM they killed the lights and we were told to start shutting down the luxury boxes.

We got soaked making it out to the parking lot. We drove back in a driving rainstorm, ended up eating and drinking at Angelo's, and has not stopped raining until literally just a few minutes ago.

Just heard on the national weather service on shortband that this Midlands area received over 5" of rain in the past 48 hours ... that's flood worthy.

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