The Red Sox-Twins game was delayed over an extremely loud siren for 4 minutes
That's a new one.
Over the years, we’ve seen quite a few weird delays of baseball games. In spring training, bees have been known to take over games in Arizona. Last season, there was a delay because someone flew a drone over a stadium.
How about a delay over a really loud, annoying noise? Sure, why not!
Thursday’s game between the Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins fell right in the middle of something called Severe Weather Awareness Week. The point is to promote preparedness in the case of severe weather in Minnesota. And evidently, that included an extended blaring of the tornado sirens.
You can’t play baseball through rain. You also can’t play baseball through loud noises, apparently.
The Twins game had a 4-minute delay with storm sirens blaring, for “Severe Weather Appreciation Week”
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The game was delayed for about four minutes.
On the plus side, the blaring of these sirens were well communicated with the Twins. The videoboard at Target Field displayed the time that the sirens would sound and urged everyone not to be alarmed.
So, there’s that.