From the MLB website: If weather causes a game to be cut short before it is official, it will be continued at a later date from the point of the stoppage. A game is considered a official game once the visiting team has made 15 outs (five innings) and the home team is leading, or once the home team has made 15 outs regardless of score. If a game is tied after becoming official, it will be completed at a later date. But if weather causes a game to be cut short after it is official and the game isn’t tied, the results will stand
Hi Kabir... the grounds crew putting the tarp on the field DOES NOT have to stand there and hold the tarp during a storm. In these clips, they are only holding the tarp hoping the wind will die down enough so then can get it on the ground and keep air from getting under it. Those tarps weigh close to 1,000 lbs, their own weight usually will hold them down. That is why you see so many people holding on to them, because of the weight. The problem is when wind gets under it, the amount of fabric catching air is like a giant sail or kite, and will pick those guys up and throw them like rag dolls. Lots of ground crew members over the years have been hurt by either getting slammed down by the tarp, or getting caught inside of it when the wind blows it over top of them in stormy conditions. They try to get the tarp on the field as early as possible if bad weather is coming to try and get it down before the wind hits. They can stake the tarp to the ground also (much like a tent) but most of the time the tarp's own weight is sufficient to hold it down on top of the diamond to keep it dry.
Back in the day I was in the concert biz, production. We had field tarps to cover stadium fields. We transported them on a 40' tractor trailer. They were rolled up on steel culvert drainage pipe. They were huge, weighed about what you said each, if not more. They were designed to protect against burns. If the wind got under one you better let go, it could take you with it. We duck taped all the seams that had about about 3' over lap. After a show, if we had time, we'd use 2.5" fire hoses to wash them off. That'd take up to 5 people per hose. One on the nozzle the rest to drag the hose around. The total number of crew to put them down/up was around 20 - 25 people and a forklift. At the time there were only 2 promoters in the country that had these things. Us & one other.
10:30 That hook suggestion will never happen. They must seriously consider player safety and in order for the hook to work it would need to be anchored down into something hard and heavy like ement or metal. And you just cant have something like that on the field when you have players running, jumping, and sliding all over the field.
Hi Kabir, you may have seen the storm outside in the dark with the rain. That would be at Wrigley Field in Chicago, home of the Cubs, and that's a good old nasty thunderstorm. The siren? A tornado siren warning that cloud rotation has been noted on radar. In other words...get the hell inside somewhere!! Lol
the siren in the 2nd clip was a tornado siren. There's quite a few places in the American Midwest that have siren specifically warn residence of an incoming severe weather.
also, there are teams with a retractable roof. Teams like the Texas Rangers (team shown at the end, that was before the ballpark move), Milwaukee Brewers, Miami Marlins, Houston Astros, and a few others that I can't think of as I type this.
@@frankisfunny2007 Arizona Diamondbacks (because of extreme heat), Seattle Mariners (because Seattle is known for rain), Toronto Blue Jays have SkyDome, the first retractable roof stadium in North America if I'm not mistaken
Baseball games usually get delayed more than cancelled because they can just put a huge tarp over the infield during heavy rain but cancellations/delays happens quiet often due to snow early in the season or thunderstorms
Baseball is a lot more likely to be called off for rain than football. A wet baseball can easily slip out of a pitcher's hand incorrectly and hit a batter, and similarly a ball in the rain or snow can be incredibly hard for batters and fielders to track down. Add in the grass getting too slick and the infield dirt becoming muddy slop, and most games after a certain threshold of rain get postponed or paused. As opposed to football's primordial nature, baseball is often said to be a game of inches, and heavy moisture/winds can really mess that up. It's why quite a few fields (T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Globe Life Park in Arlington/Dallas, loanDepot Park in Miami, Chase Field in Phoenix, Minute Maid Park in Houston, Rogers Centre in Toronto, American Family Field in Milwaukee) have retractable roofs to manage this threat.
Tornado sirens get loud aren't they? Lowest part of house or building interior no windows if possible closets are best if there's no basement. Definitely not in a car.
We have a retractable roof at our baseball stadium here in Seattle. Keeps everyone dry and if the game is boring, we get to watch seagulls try to figure out how to fly out.
Rain, even heavy rain and wind, doesn't necessarily cancel a game. They put the tarp on the infield and can wait a couple of hours or more to restart the game. If they know there is a break in the rain coming, they'll often wait. If the weather report says that the rain will continue all day or all evening, they will stop the game and continue it the next day or whenever. Some fans will leave during a rain delay, but most fans stick around if it's an afternoon game and they think it will resume. They go up under the stadium overhang if there is one, or they go inside the corridors of the stadium. The teams often try to entertain the fans with music or videos on the big screen during the rain delay.
I've been to alot of rain out games, we had an hour and a half delay and then they played. It all depends on the cell, if it's going to pass they'll wait it out. But if it's going to last all night they'll postpone it. You should check out the outdoor hockey games. In 2014 the Blackhawks played at Soldier Field (bears stadium) and it was like a blizzard, just pure beauty!!! Forgot to say I was at that game....
Usually, they go into rain delay or weather delay. Until bad weather passes. There is something so nice about an outdoor stadium. Roof just wouldnt be the same.
When I was like 13 or 14 years old, my family went to a Texas Rangers game and the tornado sirens went off before the game started. We spent the entire time in the covered concession stands area, they called the game before it started, and we drove home in sheets of rain with terrifying lightning everywhere. I will never forget it.
We have been at Phillies games where it has been 32 degrees and snowing (great for the stores at Citizen's Park - we bought blankets!) and also Phillies games where it has been so hot you couldn't sit on your seat without feeling burned. My husband and his kids are huge Yankees fans and sat through a 6-hour rain delay, only to come home (a 3-hour drive) to find that they did play the game when the pouring rain stopped. I don't want ANY retractable roofs in sports in the US. It's part of the experience, and it wouldn't be the same. Weather is what it is in the US -- we never know what will happen. You need to respond to the earthquake at the Dodgers game. We have rain, snow, and sleet here on the east coast, but an earthquake or hurricane rarely happens.
Some newer stadiums do have a hook and pulley system to unwind the tarp. They line it up and then unroll the tarp with a riding mower or golf cart. But most stadiums were built long ago and aren't designed for that kind of thing. As for WHY they tarp the field: it prevents the field from becoming soggy. Baseball stadiums still use real grass as opposed to the artificial turf in the NFL. It makes for a softer landing when diving for balls and is cheaper to maintain, but is prone to weather fouling. The NFL went to artificial so they can constantly change the logos by removing sections of the field. It allows them to host collegiate and high school games by changing the hashes easily and you don't waste time having to mow.
When I was young my parents bundled me up in a snowmobile suit for a michigan football game. It was so bad that we I could run around rows because so many people had left for a warm bar or their home to finish watching the game!🤣
When the weather turns bad, fans will usually retreat to a sheltered area. Umpires can call a halt to the game, and different things will happen depending on circumstances. They can re-start the game when the weather has cleared, they can complete the game at a later date, they can declare the game finished if one team is ahead and at least five innings have been played, or they can play the game from the beginning at a later date. Some ballparks do have retractable roofs. They're most common in places where it rains a lot in summer. Baseball is different from football in that it can't be played in bad weather, so it makes more sense to have a roof in that sport than it does in football.
The status of a game is usually at the umpire's discretion. Normally even a little bit of rain stops the game for safety reasons. Rain can make the bases slippery, the bat becomes harder to grip, and if its bad enough, can make the infield unplayable. What happens after that depends. They can resume play when the rain stops, suspend play to a later date, or if 5 innings have been played, they end the game right there and count it as an official game. As to domes, there are a few in MLB. The main issue is they are expensive to build. Texas recently built one and it cost $1 billion.
The ONLY roof stadium that is NOT RETRACTABLE.... is Tropicana Stadium in Tampa/St.Petersburg. It reminds me of an old circus tent. I believe that the Seattle Mariners' stadium is the only "roof" stadium where the sides are not entirely closed when the roof is deployed (therefore no A/C concerns)
@@josephsoto9933 Tropicana Field is the ugliest stadium is the majors. I drove past the stadium in Seattle and it is nice. The roof is there for the rain. I like the idea that the sides are open.
Baseball games get delayed/postponed by far the quickest of the major sports. Largely speaking baseball does not play in rain. If there's even a threat of rain sometimes they will postpone the game before it even starts. If bad weather hits while play is going on - for example the crazy snow in the Pirates-Cubs game - they will try to play through it for as long as they can until conditions become unsafe. The "crew chief" (the top umpire among the group) is in constant contact with the stadium's head groundskeeper to stay updated on the radar and how long bad weather is going to last. The crew chief makes the decision on when to stop the game and get the tarp out.
There are several mlb stadiums that have retractable roofs, Milwaukee, Houston, Miami, Arizona, Toronto, Seattle, Texas all have ballparks with roofs that can be closed and opened. But prior to game time is when that decision is made. Tampa is the only mlb team to play in a domed stadium without a retracting roof.
They have weather watchers....if it's a quick rain storm, or cell...they keep playing. They do have "rain delays" until the storm passes. That's when fans have more drinks and food!! Lol If it is canceled, they simply postpone it....and pick up where they left off at a later date. Being a HUGE St. Louis Cardinals fan, I would wear a poncho, go to the sheltered places and keep watching as long as they play. The sirens are Tornado WARNINGS....which means rotation is in the air and it could touch down. We have them all over in Tennessee, both rural and cities.
8:35 I feel like a roof like that would be good for normal weather. But that there is a tornado and a retractable roof wouldn't hold up. It would be torn apart and the people right along with it!
MLB is more similar to cricket than the NFL in terms of what weather will stop play. They'll play through light rain occasionally, but heavy rain will cause a delay. Not a good idea to have a hitter facing a ball thrown at 100 mph in wet, low-visibility conditions. For short delays, the game will usually be resumed and still played in full. If the game can't be resumed that day, there are two possibilities: 1) If at least 5 innings are finished, the game is considered complete as long as either the home team (who bats second) is leading, or the visiting team was leading at the end of the last complete inning and the game is not tied. This also applies if the home team is leading and the game is called in the bottom of the 5th. 2) If none of those conditions apply, the game will be resumed from the point of interruption prior to the next game between those teams in that stadium (or in the other stadium if there are none). 10:30 - they do tie it down, but you have to get the tarp out there in the first place, which is the part you're seeing.
I'm not much of a baseball watcher but I did get to go to a White Sox game and it wound up snowing. But I think even in the NFL, if there is lightning, they are forced to a lightning delay. Even in indoor stadiums. I think it's a law. But typically the minimum delay for lightning is 30 minutes from the most recent strike within like a 7 mile radius. That's how it is in Nascar.
With pretty much all of the stadiums that don't have a roof you can't just build a roof on top of it cause when the stadiums were built they are not sturdy enough to hold a roof. They would either have to build a roof and an enclosed area around the stadium or they would have to build a brand new stadium.
I live in St. Louis and was at a Cardinals game in 2005 or 2006 when a HUGE storm hit. A tornado even tore through my suburban home town about 12 miles outside of the city. But it was crazy in Busch Stadium. It flooded the bars on the lower level seats by the dugout where we were sitting. They ended up finishing the game though.
Kabir, looks as if others have given a good explanation as to what happens at a Major League Baseball game when weather delays or postpones a game. Since a season in MLB is 162 games, there aren't many off days to make up games, so they will try to wait it out and finish the game. I've watched games on tv that began at 7 pm, had a 2-4 hour weather delay, then were resumed and finished at 1 or 2 am. The fans usually congregate in the concourse areas where the conession stands are until the weather clears up. The one scene of people running on the sidewalk with it just pouring rain was in Chicago, and is indicative of the kind of rainstorms we can have here in the Midwestern U.S. (I also live in Illinois, but am 230 miles/370km southwest of Chicago). By the way, speaking of the MLB 162-game schedule, I watch EVERY game my beloved St. Louis Cardinals play, as all are televised.
I played softball and loved pitching in the rain. The reason we had for games getting called due to rain was because the bases and plate became very slippery and dangerous. (I lived in Southern California, so not too many games were called.)
Lightning will pause a game. Severe weather, wind, rain etc will most likely pause a game. Once it gets wet enough that the pitcher firing 100MPH hard balls in can't control the ball... Game Paused for a bit, then if it doesn't calm down in a reasonable time it can be stopped and or rescheduled. If it is past a certain point with one team in the lead, then they will award the game to the leading team.
Kabir: I think you should react to the UA-cam video : USA or STAY in the UK?-- What do we prefer? by OFFICE BLOKE DAZ. Daz and his wife are British and they lived and worked in the US for 12 years. In fact, their two sons were born in the US and are dual citizens. In this video, they talk about whether they prefer the US or UK in areas of healthcare, tipping, roundabouts among other things. You will be surprised by some of their answers. They also lived in many other nations around the world. I believe they understand America and Americans better than most foreigners and this is especially true of foreign UA-camrs who do reactions. Lost in the pond is the other UA-camr who gets America very well.
By it's nature, baseball is not very conducive to being played in wet conditions, be it snow or rain. Most infields are made of a clay compound and when clay becomes soaked it is very slippery. The bases, pitcher's rubber, and home plate also become very slick when wet. The ball will quickly become soaked when a ground ball is hit and the grass is wet, making it hard to control when thrown. The league does not like to have games cancelled. It can create a headache in trying to reschedule a game. The teams and their ground crew will go to great lengths to avoid a game being cancelled. There have been rain delays of up to 3 hours in hopes that the rain will stop. The home plate umpire will be in contact with the weather service to get updates on whether a storm will pass or not. Before the plate umpired deems the game unplayable because of weather he must wait at least 30 minutes, by rule, after having suspended play.
2:07 every time I forget how oblivious you are as a Brit - that siren is a Tornado Warning. It means there's a confirmed tornado or funnel cloud nearby and that you need to find shelter immediately.
The one huge storm with fans outside of the stadium and a siren going off, that's a tornado siren. They should have gone inside the stadium immediately and gone to restrooms which are typically designated tornado shelters in stadiums as they are surrounded by many tons of reinforced concrete and steel. I worked for the police at a major university in Tornado Alley in my twenties, so I've been in a patrol car using the loudspeaker to direct the last ignorant people off the streets and into nearby shelter locations on campus like the lower level of a parking garage, an academic building with a basement or certain areas withing the football stadium. Our basketball arena also had safe areas, but due to it's location distant from the academic areas and the fact that basketball season doesn't overlap much with the severe storm season. BTW. The Rangers stadium with the tornado directly over the field on the video is the Texas Rangers whose stadium is located in Arlington between the larger cities of Dallas and Ft. Worth. Kabir if you come to Texas for a visit try to attend a pro or big college sports event. The Dallas Cowboys stadium is also in Arlington.
Outdoor sports are meant to be played outdoors I will never go to an NFL or MLB game in an enclosed roof stadium/dome as the weather is part of the experience and I don't want to be kept in AC/heat if I want AC/heat I will just stay home because I want to experience tye weather as well as the game
Our stadium has a moving roof, it takes about 10 minutes for it to fully open, but apparently if the roof is closed at kickoff, it has to stay closed for the whole game. I think if they think it could rain, they just leave it closed because it takes long enough to open and close that everyone inside, and the field, would get wet before the process was over.
THe you said was like a hurricane is Chicago outside Wrigley Field. THe sirens is to alert of a tornado about to hit nearby. Chicago has some funky weather due to its location at the bottom of lake Michigan.
Yep - that's why they're paid the big bucks!! We are die-hard baseball fans too! As for the retractable roofs - we have one in Houston - during the World Series, we opened the roof while playing the cry baby Yankees and they complained that it was because of that that they lost (claiming that the wind stopped Aaron Judge's hit from being a home run - waaa!!)
Well it did stop Judge's fly ball from going out and potentially the game (though everybody knew the Astros were going to win the series anyways). They played each other in the ALCS, not the World Series. Fans have nothing to do with the stadiums. Most of them don't have roofs. It's easier said than done.
@@hermunkulus - The roof was open and the Yanks complained that the wind carried the ball, preventing it from going out. Keep in mind, the wind affected BOTH teams, not just the Yanks. I think it was Boone's excuse (once again) for them losing the game. What was the reason for the Stros going to NY and sweeping them?? Their stadium is open. And the fans have nothing to do with the roofs - except to pay for it with their taxes.
Astros have a roof and Soler still sent one outta there. Loved it, I'm sure your pain has resided a bit after this season though. Lol I remember the Yankees fans online whining as well about Judge's deep fly balls that didn't get out.
While American Football can become more entertaining with heavy rain or snow, baseball just becomes unwatchable and unplayable. Baseball catches a lot of ridicule from some Americans because they won’t play in such conditions but those people are ignorant of the mechanics of the game.
I would NOT be in favor of it.... but not because of toughness or anything... I don't trust them to be safe about it. I think that at least one of the stadiums will cut corners or not do proper upkeep and people will be in danger
The problem is with the roof balls hit it hard and destroy equipment up there. Japan has those roofs on stadiums and it proved not a good idea as cameras kept getting destroyed the roof gets holes and stuff just kept happening. The Japanese league had enough and left them open for ball games while shutting them for other events as needed wrestling shows are automatic shut roof as they don’t need it, concerts are by request, depending on sport they can ask for it. There is a reason our stadiums tend to be open.
The reason the NFL Lambeau Field will never be a dome is because not even God can get season tickets. If it was a dome the All Mighty couldn't watch the game.
While American Football can become more entertaining with heavy rain or snow, baseball just becomes unwatchable and unplayable. Baseball catches a lot of ridicule from some Americans because they won’t play in such conditions but those people are ignorant of the mechanics of the game.
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From the MLB website: If weather causes a game to be cut short before it is official, it will be continued at a later date from the point of the stoppage. A game is considered a official game once the visiting team has made 15 outs (five innings) and the home team is leading, or once the home team has made 15 outs regardless of score. If a game is tied after becoming official, it will be completed at a later date. But if weather causes a game to be cut short after it is official and the game isn’t tied, the results will stand
2:08 the siren is a tornado siren. It warns you of a tornado that has touched down in your area
Odd that it stopped right away though usually they sound for a few mins.
That was a fun game to be at lol. Even though I left home after this lol
Hi Kabir... the grounds crew putting the tarp on the field DOES NOT have to stand there and hold the tarp during a storm. In these clips, they are only holding the tarp hoping the wind will die down enough so then can get it on the ground and keep air from getting under it. Those tarps weigh close to 1,000 lbs, their own weight usually will hold them down. That is why you see so many people holding on to them, because of the weight. The problem is when wind gets under it, the amount of fabric catching air is like a giant sail or kite, and will pick those guys up and throw them like rag dolls. Lots of ground crew members over the years have been hurt by either getting slammed down by the tarp, or getting caught inside of it when the wind blows it over top of them in stormy conditions. They try to get the tarp on the field as early as possible if bad weather is coming to try and get it down before the wind hits. They can stake the tarp to the ground also (much like a tent) but most of the time the tarp's own weight is sufficient to hold it down on top of the diamond to keep it dry.
Back in the day I was in the concert biz, production. We had field tarps to cover stadium fields. We transported them on a 40' tractor trailer. They were rolled up on steel culvert drainage pipe. They were huge, weighed about what you said each, if not more. They were designed to protect against burns. If the wind got under one you better let go, it could take you with it. We duck taped all the seams that had about about 3' over lap. After a show, if we had time, we'd use 2.5" fire hoses to wash them off. That'd take up to 5 people per hose. One on the nozzle the rest to drag the hose around. The total number of crew to put them down/up was around 20 - 25 people and a forklift. At the time there were only 2 promoters in the country that had these things. Us & one other.
You don't want a pitcher trying to throw a 95 mph fast ball in your direction when it's wet. Hard enough to control when it's dry.
Nobody wants a roof on baseball stadiums everyone wants to see one knocked out of the park.
A tornado would probably rip a retractable roof right off!!! 🌪🌪🌪
That all depends on how strong the winds are, EF5 or EF4 yes, EF0 or a EF1 no, EF2 or EF3 it might.
I was going to say, I don’t think I’d want to be in a stadium during a tornado. Need a basement.
As a former professional pitcher, the issue is the pitcher can’t control a wet ball when it starts raining.
10:30 That hook suggestion will never happen. They must seriously consider player safety and in order for the hook to work it would need to be anchored down into something hard and heavy like ement or metal. And you just cant have something like that on the field when you have players running, jumping, and sliding all over the field.
Hi Kabir, you may have seen the storm outside in the dark with the rain. That would be at Wrigley Field in Chicago, home of the Cubs, and that's a good old nasty thunderstorm. The siren? A tornado siren warning that cloud rotation has been noted on radar. In other words...get the hell inside somewhere!! Lol
the siren in the 2nd clip was a tornado siren. There's quite a few places in the American Midwest that have siren specifically warn residence of an incoming severe weather.
also, there are teams with a retractable roof. Teams like the Texas Rangers (team shown at the end, that was before the ballpark move), Milwaukee Brewers, Miami Marlins, Houston Astros, and a few others that I can't think of as I type this.
@@frankisfunny2007 Arizona Diamondbacks (because of extreme heat), Seattle Mariners (because Seattle is known for rain), Toronto Blue Jays have SkyDome, the first retractable roof stadium in North America if I'm not mistaken
Baseball games usually get delayed more than cancelled because they can just put a huge tarp over the infield during heavy rain but cancellations/delays happens quiet often due to snow early in the season or thunderstorms
2:09 tornado siren
Baseball is a lot more likely to be called off for rain than football. A wet baseball can easily slip out of a pitcher's hand incorrectly and hit a batter, and similarly a ball in the rain or snow can be incredibly hard for batters and fielders to track down. Add in the grass getting too slick and the infield dirt becoming muddy slop, and most games after a certain threshold of rain get postponed or paused. As opposed to football's primordial nature, baseball is often said to be a game of inches, and heavy moisture/winds can really mess that up. It's why quite a few fields (T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Globe Life Park in Arlington/Dallas, loanDepot Park in Miami, Chase Field in Phoenix, Minute Maid Park in Houston, Rogers Centre in Toronto, American Family Field in Milwaukee) have retractable roofs to manage this threat.
Tornado sirens get loud aren't they? Lowest part of house or building interior no windows if possible closets are best if there's no basement. Definitely not in a car.
We have a retractable roof at our baseball stadium here in Seattle. Keeps everyone dry and if the game is boring, we get to watch seagulls try to figure out how to fly out.
Rain, even heavy rain and wind, doesn't necessarily cancel a game. They put the tarp on the infield and can wait a couple of hours or more to restart the game. If they know there is a break in the rain coming, they'll often wait. If the weather report says that the rain will continue all day or all evening, they will stop the game and continue it the next day or whenever. Some fans will leave during a rain delay, but most fans stick around if it's an afternoon game and they think it will resume. They go up under the stadium overhang if there is one, or they go inside the corridors of the stadium. The teams often try to entertain the fans with music or videos on the big screen during the rain delay.
I've been to alot of rain out games, we had an hour and a half delay and then they played. It all depends on the cell, if it's going to pass they'll wait it out. But if it's going to last all night they'll postpone it. You should check out the outdoor hockey games. In 2014 the Blackhawks played at Soldier Field (bears stadium) and it was like a blizzard, just pure beauty!!! Forgot to say I was at that game....
Usually, they go into rain delay or weather delay. Until bad weather passes. There is something so nice about an outdoor stadium. Roof just wouldnt be the same.
5:44 it’s to prevent mud from accumulating on the diamond
When I was like 13 or 14 years old, my family went to a Texas Rangers game and the tornado sirens went off before the game started. We spent the entire time in the covered concession stands area, they called the game before it started, and we drove home in sheets of rain with terrifying lightning everywhere. I will never forget it.
We have been at Phillies games where it has been 32 degrees and snowing (great for the stores at Citizen's Park - we bought blankets!) and also Phillies games where it has been so hot you couldn't sit on your seat without feeling burned. My husband and his kids are huge Yankees fans and sat through a 6-hour rain delay, only to come home (a 3-hour drive) to find that they did play the game when the pouring rain stopped. I don't want ANY retractable roofs in sports in the US. It's part of the experience, and it wouldn't be the same. Weather is what it is in the US -- we never know what will happen. You need to respond to the earthquake at the Dodgers game. We have rain, snow, and sleet here on the east coast, but an earthquake or hurricane rarely happens.
Some newer stadiums do have a hook and pulley system to unwind the tarp. They line it up and then unroll the tarp with a riding mower or golf cart. But most stadiums were built long ago and aren't designed for that kind of thing.
As for WHY they tarp the field: it prevents the field from becoming soggy. Baseball stadiums still use real grass as opposed to the artificial turf in the NFL. It makes for a softer landing when diving for balls and is cheaper to maintain, but is prone to weather fouling. The NFL went to artificial so they can constantly change the logos by removing sections of the field. It allows them to host collegiate and high school games by changing the hashes easily and you don't waste time having to mow.
That Siren would be a tornado Siren. They are very common here especially in the midwest
When I was young my parents bundled me up in a snowmobile suit for a michigan football game. It was so bad that we I could run around rows because so many people had left for a warm bar or their home to finish watching the game!🤣
When the weather turns bad, fans will usually retreat to a sheltered area. Umpires can call a halt to the game, and different things will happen depending on circumstances. They can re-start the game when the weather has cleared, they can complete the game at a later date, they can declare the game finished if one team is ahead and at least five innings have been played, or they can play the game from the beginning at a later date.
Some ballparks do have retractable roofs. They're most common in places where it rains a lot in summer. Baseball is different from football in that it can't be played in bad weather, so it makes more sense to have a roof in that sport than it does in football.
The status of a game is usually at the umpire's discretion. Normally even a little bit of rain stops the game for safety reasons. Rain can make the bases slippery, the bat becomes harder to grip, and if its bad enough, can make the infield unplayable. What happens after that depends. They can resume play when the rain stops, suspend play to a later date, or if 5 innings have been played, they end the game right there and count it as an official game.
As to domes, there are a few in MLB. The main issue is they are expensive to build. Texas recently built one and it cost $1 billion.
Some stadiums have retractable roofs. They tend to be located in rainy, cold or extremely hot areas.
The ONLY roof stadium that is NOT RETRACTABLE.... is Tropicana Stadium in Tampa/St.Petersburg. It reminds me of an old circus tent. I believe that the Seattle Mariners' stadium is the only "roof" stadium where the sides are not entirely closed when the roof is deployed (therefore no A/C concerns)
@@josephsoto9933 Tropicana Field is the ugliest stadium is the majors. I drove past the stadium in Seattle and it is nice. The roof is there for the rain. I like the idea that the sides are open.
Baseball games get delayed/postponed by far the quickest of the major sports. Largely speaking baseball does not play in rain. If there's even a threat of rain sometimes they will postpone the game before it even starts. If bad weather hits while play is going on - for example the crazy snow in the Pirates-Cubs game - they will try to play through it for as long as they can until conditions become unsafe. The "crew chief" (the top umpire among the group) is in constant contact with the stadium's head groundskeeper to stay updated on the radar and how long bad weather is going to last. The crew chief makes the decision on when to stop the game and get the tarp out.
The siren you heard at the beginning was a tornado warning sound. Some cities use old Air raid sirens as a tornado warning system.
There are several mlb stadiums that have retractable roofs, Milwaukee, Houston, Miami, Arizona, Toronto, Seattle, Texas all have ballparks with roofs that can be closed and opened. But prior to game time is when that decision is made. Tampa is the only mlb team to play in a domed stadium without a retracting roof.
They have weather watchers....if it's a quick rain storm, or cell...they keep playing. They do have "rain delays" until the storm passes. That's when fans have more drinks and food!! Lol If it is canceled, they simply postpone it....and pick up where they left off at a later date. Being a HUGE St. Louis Cardinals fan, I would wear a poncho, go to the sheltered places and keep watching as long as they play. The sirens are Tornado WARNINGS....which means rotation is in the air and it could touch down. We have them all over in Tennessee, both rural and cities.
8:35 I feel like a roof like that would be good for normal weather. But that there is a tornado and a retractable roof wouldn't hold up. It would be torn apart and the people right along with it!
MLB is more similar to cricket than the NFL in terms of what weather will stop play. They'll play through light rain occasionally, but heavy rain will cause a delay. Not a good idea to have a hitter facing a ball thrown at 100 mph in wet, low-visibility conditions.
For short delays, the game will usually be resumed and still played in full. If the game can't be resumed that day, there are two possibilities:
1) If at least 5 innings are finished, the game is considered complete as long as either the home team (who bats second) is leading, or the visiting team was leading at the end of the last complete inning and the game is not tied. This also applies if the home team is leading and the game is called in the bottom of the 5th.
2) If none of those conditions apply, the game will be resumed from the point of interruption prior to the next game between those teams in that stadium (or in the other stadium if there are none).
10:30 - they do tie it down, but you have to get the tarp out there in the first place, which is the part you're seeing.
I think that guy had just pulled his sleeve up
Baseball is best played outdoors. Its all a part of the experience
‘Is this a hurricane?” lol nah, it’s the Midwest
I'm not much of a baseball watcher but I did get to go to a White Sox game and it wound up snowing. But I think even in the NFL, if there is lightning, they are forced to a lightning delay. Even in indoor stadiums. I think it's a law. But typically the minimum delay for lightning is 30 minutes from the most recent strike within like a 7 mile radius. That's how it is in Nascar.
Games are not necessarily called off. Often delayed.
Retractable roofs are crazy expensive to build and maintain.
With pretty much all of the stadiums that don't have a roof you can't just build a roof on top of it cause when the stadiums were built they are not sturdy enough to hold a roof. They would either have to build a roof and an enclosed area around the stadium or they would have to build a brand new stadium.
I live in St. Louis and was at a Cardinals game in 2005 or 2006 when a HUGE storm hit. A tornado even tore through my suburban home town about 12 miles outside of the city. But it was crazy in Busch Stadium. It flooded the bars on the lower level seats by the dugout where we were sitting. They ended up finishing the game though.
Kabir, looks as if others have given a good explanation as to what happens at a Major League Baseball game when weather delays or postpones a game. Since a season in MLB is 162 games, there aren't many off days to make up games, so they will try to wait it out and finish the game. I've watched games on tv that began at 7 pm, had a 2-4 hour weather delay, then were resumed and finished at 1 or 2 am. The fans usually congregate in the concourse areas where the conession stands are until the weather clears up. The one scene of people running on the sidewalk with it just pouring rain was in Chicago, and is indicative of the kind of rainstorms we can have here in the Midwestern U.S. (I also live in Illinois, but am 230 miles/370km southwest of Chicago). By the way, speaking of the MLB 162-game schedule, I watch EVERY game my beloved St. Louis Cardinals play, as all are televised.
No, they don't have to hold that tarp down the entire time. 😄 It is pinned down, but I'm not sure of the mechanism used.
The second clip was a thunderstorm in Chicago, seen from Sheffield Avenue.
I played softball and loved pitching in the rain. The reason we had for games getting called due to rain was because the bases and plate became very slippery and dangerous. (I lived in Southern California, so not too many games were called.)
Lightning will pause a game. Severe weather, wind, rain etc will most likely pause a game. Once it gets wet enough that the pitcher firing 100MPH hard balls in can't control the ball... Game Paused for a bit, then if it doesn't calm down in a reasonable time it can be stopped and or rescheduled. If it is past a certain point with one team in the lead, then they will award the game to the leading team.
Kabir: I think you should react to the UA-cam video : USA or STAY in the UK?-- What do we prefer? by OFFICE BLOKE DAZ. Daz and his wife are British and they lived and worked in the US for 12 years. In fact, their two sons were born in the US and are dual citizens. In this video, they talk about whether they prefer the US or UK in areas of healthcare, tipping, roundabouts among other things. You will be surprised by some of their answers. They also lived in many other nations around the world.
I believe they understand America and Americans better than most foreigners and this is especially true of foreign UA-camrs who do reactions. Lost in the pond is the other UA-camr who gets America very well.
By it's nature, baseball is not very conducive to being played in wet conditions, be it snow or rain. Most infields are made of a clay compound and when clay becomes soaked it is very slippery. The bases, pitcher's rubber, and home plate also become very slick when wet. The ball will quickly become soaked when a ground ball is hit and the grass is wet, making it hard to control when thrown. The league does not like to have games cancelled. It can create a headache in trying to reschedule a game. The teams and their ground crew will go to great lengths to avoid a game being cancelled. There have been rain delays of up to 3 hours in hopes that the rain will stop. The home plate umpire will be in contact with the weather service to get updates on whether a storm will pass or not. Before the plate umpired deems the game unplayable because of weather he must wait at least 30 minutes, by rule, after having suspended play.
2:07 every time I forget how oblivious you are as a Brit - that siren is a Tornado Warning. It means there's a confirmed tornado or funnel cloud nearby and that you need to find shelter immediately.
You'll hear the phrase "Rain Check!" MLB allows customers to take their ticket to the rescheduled game and get in without paying again.
The one huge storm with fans outside of the stadium and a siren going off, that's a tornado siren. They should have gone inside the stadium immediately and gone to restrooms which are typically designated tornado shelters in stadiums as they are surrounded by many tons of reinforced concrete and steel.
I worked for the police at a major university in Tornado Alley in my twenties, so I've been in a patrol car using the loudspeaker to direct the last ignorant people off the streets and into nearby shelter locations on campus like the lower level of a parking garage, an academic building with a basement or certain areas withing the football stadium. Our basketball arena also had safe areas, but due to it's location distant from the academic areas and the fact that basketball season doesn't overlap much with the severe storm season.
BTW. The Rangers stadium with the tornado directly over the field on the video is the Texas Rangers whose stadium is located in Arlington between the larger cities of Dallas and Ft. Worth. Kabir if you come to Texas for a visit try to attend a pro or big college sports event. The Dallas Cowboys stadium is also in Arlington.
Kabir, bad weather is part of any sports event you go to..most fans are prepared for anything!!
Outdoor sports are meant to be played outdoors I will never go to an NFL or MLB game in an enclosed roof stadium/dome as the weather is part of the experience and I don't want to be kept in AC/heat if I want AC/heat I will just stay home because I want to experience tye weather as well as the game
That second storm was in Chicago, we had fourteen tornados threatening that night. It scared me silly.
Our stadium has a moving roof, it takes about 10 minutes for it to fully open, but apparently if the roof is closed at kickoff, it has to stay closed for the whole game. I think if they think it could rain, they just leave it closed because it takes long enough to open and close that everyone inside, and the field, would get wet before the process was over.
There are a few with retractable roofs.
The sirens are often because of tornadoes.
THe you said was like a hurricane is Chicago outside Wrigley Field. THe sirens is to alert of a tornado about to hit nearby. Chicago has some funky weather due to its location at the bottom of lake Michigan.
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I'd recommend watching "Mother Nature Takeover Moments!" from NFL Throwback. There is some dope videos some horrible weather NFL games in there
Kabir, we have two stadia with retractable roofs; for baseball, football and soccer games
Forgot our location. Seattle, Washington
It matters less the conditions of the weather and more whether or not the umpire is an A-hole.
I'm surprised they didnt show any earthquake games
Tornado sirens. Welcome to the Midwest.
Yep - that's why they're paid the big bucks!! We are die-hard baseball fans too! As for the retractable roofs - we have one in Houston - during the World Series, we opened the roof while playing the cry baby Yankees and they complained that it was because of that that they lost (claiming that the wind stopped Aaron Judge's hit from being a home run - waaa!!)
Well it did stop Judge's fly ball from going out and potentially the game (though everybody knew the Astros were going to win the series anyways). They played each other in the ALCS, not the World Series.
Fans have nothing to do with the stadiums. Most of them don't have roofs. It's easier said than done.
@@hermunkulus - The roof was open and the Yanks complained that the wind carried the ball, preventing it from going out. Keep in mind, the wind affected BOTH teams, not just the Yanks. I think it was Boone's excuse (once again) for them losing the game. What was the reason for the Stros going to NY and sweeping them?? Their stadium is open. And the fans have nothing to do with the roofs - except to pay for it with their taxes.
Astros have a roof and Soler still sent one outta there. Loved it, I'm sure your pain has resided a bit after this season though. Lol I remember the Yankees fans online whining as well about Judge's deep fly balls that didn't get out.
p.s. I stand corrected! It was the ALCS, not the WS! We went on to the WS after we swept you - then went on to beat the Phillies.
We in Seattle have a retractable roof.
Tornado siren!
While American Football can become more entertaining with heavy rain or snow, baseball just becomes unwatchable and unplayable. Baseball catches a lot of ridicule from some Americans because they won’t play in such conditions but those people are ignorant of the mechanics of the game.
I would NOT be in favor of it.... but not because of toughness or anything... I don't trust them to be safe about it. I think that at least one of the stadiums will cut corners or not do proper upkeep and people will be in danger
retractable roofs are too low and the ones that have them hit the ball on the ceilings.
A wet baseball can be very dangerous for the players and the fans.
The problem is with the roof balls hit it hard and destroy equipment up there. Japan has those roofs on stadiums and it proved not a good idea as cameras kept getting destroyed the roof gets holes and stuff just kept happening. The Japanese league had enough and left them open for ball games while shutting them for other events as needed wrestling shows are automatic shut roof as they don’t need it, concerts are by request, depending on sport they can ask for it. There is a reason our stadiums tend to be open.
We have tornado warning sirens here in the States. That's what you heard.
Please watch endings to perfect/no hitter games
No need to postpone the game-just put up the aluminum bats-you’ll be fine 😊
Bad weather is why I like basketball and not baseball or football.
The siren is a tornado siren
Lighting
It's a tornado warning signal.
Haven't watched it yet. I hope this has the Chicago tornado siren clip. Its unnerving. Edit: Yep. Clip 2
I really think they extended MLB baseball way too long into fall season, it should stop in mid September.
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Baseball should have retractable roofs but in Football it's soft they should all be as they are
nah once the tarp is down they get out of there
You can’t have hooks in the field.
The reason the NFL Lambeau Field will never be a dome is because not even God can get season tickets.
If it was a dome the All Mighty couldn't watch the game.
They don't have to stand and hold the tarp in its spot they get to go back in once they get it into place.
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While American Football can become more entertaining with heavy rain or snow, baseball just becomes unwatchable and unplayable. Baseball catches a lot of ridicule from some Americans because they won’t play in such conditions but those people are ignorant of the mechanics of the game.