Nice weather if you’re a Duck

 We haven’t had much luck with baseball and weather this year.

We went to Citi Field to see the Mets, and it rained. We had a rain delay but a complete game.

Our first trip to see the Ducks was on a cold night.  Our second trip was cold and rainy.

Which brings us to last night.

Long Island Ducks versus Staten Island Ferryhawks.  They call it the Battle of the Belt, a reference to the Belt Parkway, a highway that runs through from Long Island into Queens and Brooklyn, connecting to the Verrazano Bridge and Staten Island.

We drove out to the ballpark and the weather was warm and sunny.  

But by the time the Ducks took the field …

They played three innings in the rain before calling a rain delay.

They played three of the sloppiest innings of baseball I have ever seen.

We were ahead 6-2 before the rain got too heavy to play.

And then … during the rain delay … 

Most people left after that.  We stayed.

The managers and the umpires conferred.

Both dugouts cleared.

They called the game.  They’ll finish it before tonight’s game.

We exchanged our tickets for another game.

But at least there were fireworks.