Who says that baseball is boring?
Sure, the rule changes that they implemented helped speed up the game and allowed teams to score more runs, but where the sport really gets exciting is when it gets delayed by rain. So I’m saying that baseball only gets interesting when it’s not being played…probably not the best review I could give.
Anyways, you’ll see what I’m talking about when you watch this absolutely electric video. The commentary provided by the San Francisco Giants analysts definitely add to it, though the visuals of the “tarp monster” claiming a victim is pretty solid by itself.
If you’ve ever been to a baseball game and they pull out the tarp, you know that it’s hard to find a worse gut feeling as a fan. I went to a game once in Atlanta where they pulled the tarp out over the diamond, kept it there and delayed the game for two hours, then ended up calling the game, and it never even rained a drop.
I was certainly upset when that happened, but my experience would have easily been improved if I got to see something like this unfold. As the grounds crew in Cincinnati started to pull the massive tarp over the infield, one unlucky crew member got tripped up and fell down as they were running.
You might think that they all would have stopped so that they didn’t leave the person behind, but that’s not what happened at all. Everyone pulling on the tarp just kept running full sprint, leaving the grounds crew worker to army crawl out from underneath the heavy tarp.
Take a look, and make sure to listen to the hilarious commentary by the baseball announcers:
And if you thought that was the only tarp-related incident that happened at the game, you would be wrong.
At one point, the tarp started to be lifted and partially carried by wind gusts, and though it looked as if a tarp disaster could take place, one brave man wasn’t going to let that happen:
That guy is definitely a hero.
Someone quote tweeted that video and said “me in the middle of the night fighting my wife over the blanket,” which is such a great call out.
And social media was full of great quotes on the “tarp mayhem” as well, sending out replies like:
So hilarious I couldn’t stop laughing 😂 though I felt so bad for the guy. Seems like they would stop at some point?! Momentum’s a mess!
— SDCraig (@sdcraig922) July 18, 2023
Everyone else: pic.twitter.com/s6s2b6ACaS
— ViperPoison23 (@ViperPoison23) July 18, 2023
This was entertaining to say the least.
— 【R.G.B.©】👈🏼 🌎🌵 (@serpicoRGB) July 18, 2023
Ground crew by the dugout was looking over like : pic.twitter.com/Q5xaEzgmSE
— RaWMeSee SoundSavvvy 🇰🇪🇨🇻🇻🇨🆒️🫀 (@rawmesee) July 18, 2023
