A dramatic Little League game, and weather
Tonight was full of the things I love about Little League: drama, friendly camaraderie, excitement, laughter, suspense. Oh, and some torrential rain. ;)
It's the final championship round of playoffs, so there was much excitement already. To make things more interesting, we were under a tornado watch(!) and just at the moment the game was supposed to start, it started to rain. But it only rained for a minute and then the game began, with MUCH discussion of the rules about how many outs have to be recorded before the game counts, what happens if it starts to rain in the x inning, etc....
So it came to the 4th inning and Isaac's team was ahead by one run. We knew that the game would be official after 4 innings, so as soon as the 4th was done, we parents started jokingly doing a rain dance. Seconds later, the downpour began. I am not making this up. It rained heavily for several minutes and the umpires cleared the field, but then the rain let up and the game resumed. Then Isaac's team scored 7 more runs so they were ahead 10-2. The rain held off, and we finished the game (6 innings). The other team had beaten us soundly the previous night, so it was good to give them back a bit. ;)
Quite a few other kids from the teams that have already been eliminated, plus their parents, were there to watch the championship games. It was a pretty big crowd and a lot of enthusiasm. After the game was over, Isaac and a bunch of his friends from various other teams started playing pickle (a kid game that is kind of like tag, but with two "its" and a ball). It was a nice friendly atmosphere with parents sitting around chatting, kids playing, the concession stand doing a brisk business, and the gathering clouds turning an ominous yellow color. I ended up driving an extra kid home, and then a very quick stop at the grocery store, and it didn't rain any more, nor did I observe any tornado action, which is fine with me, thanks.
The sky was very dramatic, though. I didn't take any pictures because I didn't think it would be possible to convey the colors, the enormous shapes of the clouds, the way the sunlight was lighting the western clouds in one color palette and the eastern clouds in another...it was really amazing. I see that a lot of my friends did take pictures and have been posting them on FB all evening, so thanks for that. :) Now if only we could have a little bit of rain and thunderstorming, just to break the humidity, that would be great. Phew.
Final championship game tomorrow night!!
It's the final championship round of playoffs, so there was much excitement already. To make things more interesting, we were under a tornado watch(!) and just at the moment the game was supposed to start, it started to rain. But it only rained for a minute and then the game began, with MUCH discussion of the rules about how many outs have to be recorded before the game counts, what happens if it starts to rain in the x inning, etc....
So it came to the 4th inning and Isaac's team was ahead by one run. We knew that the game would be official after 4 innings, so as soon as the 4th was done, we parents started jokingly doing a rain dance. Seconds later, the downpour began. I am not making this up. It rained heavily for several minutes and the umpires cleared the field, but then the rain let up and the game resumed. Then Isaac's team scored 7 more runs so they were ahead 10-2. The rain held off, and we finished the game (6 innings). The other team had beaten us soundly the previous night, so it was good to give them back a bit. ;)
Quite a few other kids from the teams that have already been eliminated, plus their parents, were there to watch the championship games. It was a pretty big crowd and a lot of enthusiasm. After the game was over, Isaac and a bunch of his friends from various other teams started playing pickle (a kid game that is kind of like tag, but with two "its" and a ball). It was a nice friendly atmosphere with parents sitting around chatting, kids playing, the concession stand doing a brisk business, and the gathering clouds turning an ominous yellow color. I ended up driving an extra kid home, and then a very quick stop at the grocery store, and it didn't rain any more, nor did I observe any tornado action, which is fine with me, thanks.
The sky was very dramatic, though. I didn't take any pictures because I didn't think it would be possible to convey the colors, the enormous shapes of the clouds, the way the sunlight was lighting the western clouds in one color palette and the eastern clouds in another...it was really amazing. I see that a lot of my friends did take pictures and have been posting them on FB all evening, so thanks for that. :) Now if only we could have a little bit of rain and thunderstorming, just to break the humidity, that would be great. Phew.
Final championship game tomorrow night!!