Hard to believe an affiliated minor league game is cancelled because there is a circus tent in the batter's eye. pic.twitter.com/2ehpuTUljb
— Josh Handler (@JoshHandler) August 7, 2015
Friday night's scheduled matchup between the Tampa Yankees and the Clearwater Threshers was postponed for a very strange reason. It was not postponed because of all the rain the Tampa Bay area has received over the last couple of weeks. No, there was no power outage at a ballpark. Instead, the teams could not play due to Circus Tent issues. Seriously.
Threshers play-by-play announcer Kirsten Karbach tweeted this:
File this under most unusual things I've ever seen at a baseball game. We're about to be delayed due to the circus pic.twitter.com/RTinK9DSG1
— Kirsten Karbach (@Kirsten_Karbach) August 7, 2015
Blinking lights atop the peaks on the tent are the concern.
— Kirsten Karbach (@Kirsten_Karbach) August 7, 2015
You see, a batter would have trouble seeing the ball. Should some of the pitches be wild, it could pose an injury risk to batters.
The event is Cirque du Solei being held at the Amalie Arena in Tampa. The Threshers' website lists "venue" as the reason for the postponement and the official Threshers account tweeted that the two teams would make up the game in a double-header on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. No word on how the team will get around the Circus lights or if the tent has been removed.
