E61 - Rain Delay Ejection as Nick Mahrley Tosses Garrett Crochet For Arguing a Chicago Weather Delay

what do you say we end this six game losing streak that would be a delight Chicago's in a bit of a tough way this objection is going to concern a rain delay dispute not even kidding so we're going to talk about the rain delay rules the game starts out partly cloudy no rain no problem they play eight Innings before there's an issue John brevia into the game to start the ninth and just as soon as he ascends the hill it starts to rain literally yeah they play through two outs in the top of the ninth and then the rain gets even worse says I need a dry baseball Chicago gets the third out without any additional damage and they call a rain delay tarp onto the field crochet from The Dugout is unhappy we don't see any video cuz it was during a break but I wonder what he could have said to get tossed good for all of you there are very very very few people here again a 40-minute delay rule 512b talks about calling time when it's raining rule 403e talks about actually suspending play there's a difference between suspending play and suspending game right if you suspend play that's what a rain delay is formally called and you just wait it out if the argument is why don't you just go straight to suspending the game come back let's do it again tomorrow right before our next game answer you have to wait at least 30 minutes it's like swimming after lunch though that's a myth a question the White Sox pitcher had trouble gripping the ball in the top of the knif why not call it at that point answer the whole gripping a ball thing is actually a college softball rule we did a video on that umpires didn't suspend play the pitcher threw a wild pitch the coach was super upset got tossed hey another Rand delay ejection but in professional baseball the standard is make immediate further play impossible oo that's a big word I like college baseball's rule it talks about putting the players of the fans in Peril very ominous so that's the ranking of the hierarchies for rain delays MLB talks about making further play impossible College talks about Fitness of the field or Fitness of the delay and softball in college talks about the grip of the baseball being compromised although the MLB umpire manual talks about field getting too wet and dangerous for players as part of their evaluation criteria either way this rain delay ejection that occurred at the beginning of the second rain delay of the game is without any video and we've done our best to narrate it hopefully we get more video in the next one that I can actually use