The Chicago Cubs faced the San Francisco Giants Tuesday night in an important game — the Giants have solid playoff chances, the Cubs, not so much — but Mother Nature conspired against them.
Mother Nature and the ineptitude of Wrigley Field's staff.
This is not how you cover an infield with a tarp, Cubs pic.twitter.com/ODZeKr4wQo
— Ann Frazier (@annfrazi) August 20, 2014
The Cubs had prepared for the weather, with about a billion bags of Diamond Dry.
ALL OF THE DIAMOND DRY (Getty photo) #cubs pic.twitter.com/44UctueWvC
— Amanda Kaschube (@amandakaschube) August 20, 2014
They also employed a leaf blower...
This is new for my baseball rain delay experiences: a LEAF BLOWER to try and try the field (cc @jnmcrms @Adam_Jacobi) pic.twitter.com/C11xnpz7hj
— Alex Simon (@alexsimon99) August 20, 2014
...and one dedicated man with a rake.
#OneManOneRake pic.twitter.com/HmDBAGqpSD
— SF Giants on CSN (@CSNGiants) August 20, 2014
But the grounds crew's tarp failure was the main event.
One fan went so far as to set the whole debacle to "Yackety Sax" in a video posted to YouTube Tuesday night.
The consolation for Chicago fans: The game was eventually called in the Cubs' favor.
The umpires have called this an official game, with the #Cubs prevailing 2-0 in the middle of the 5th.
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) August 20, 2014
(H/T: SB Nation)
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