Dodgers, Diamondbacks Delayed for Weirdest Reason You’ll Ever See

Tuesday night’s Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Arizona Diamondbacks match entered a rather exclusive hold off.

No, it wasn’t a rain hold off. No, it wasn’t a temperature delay. It was a bee hold off.

A swarm of bees took over the netting powering home plate at Chase Discipline, delaying the begin of the next sport of the series among the Dodgers and Diamondbacks.

Here’s a movie of the bees, by way of Dodgers Country on X:

Chase Field is an indoor stadium with a retractable roof. It really is unclear how the bees got in, but it was incredibly distinct that it was going to be difficult to get them out. The swarm of bees started forming about 10 minutes right before initial pitch.

Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts spoke with Kirsten Watson of SportsNet LA shortly following the delay commenced, declaring the umpires had been in contact with MLB to determine out a option to this concern. It was distinct the two groups wouldn’t get started enjoying until eventually the bees had been eliminated.

“This is a challenging 1,” Roberts mentioned. “Right now, we’re just making an attempt to determine out the scenario in which, obviously we see the bees, how very long will it get a beekeeper to appear to consider treatment of the predicament? And then type of weighing out the probable damage it could result in.”

What could that damage be?

“Definitely it is really on the screen, the major of the netting,” Roberts reported. “So if a foul ball hits the display screen, what occurs to the bees at that position in time? It is really sort of like an unknown proper now.”

The match finished up formally getting into a delay, as Significant League Baseball made a decision to halt the game until finally a beekeeper could get there on scene and just take care of the problem.

As of this crafting, a beekeeper is but to get there, and the recreation stays delayed without the need of a timeline to commence.

This isn’t the to start with bee-related delay in MLB. It isn’t even the initially bee-linked hold off for a participant on that field.

Again in 2019, a Miami Marlins vs. San Diego Padres video game was delayed for 28 minutes owing to a swarm of bees. This delay took spot in the center of the recreation, however, even though the Dodgers and Diamondbacks hadn’t nonetheless started out playing.

Current Dodgers infielder Miguel Rojas was on the Marlins throughout that hold off. He’s now expert two bee-similar delays in a five-yr span. Rojas was set to perform 2nd base and bat eighth in the Dodgers’ lineup on Tuesday night.

As of 7:40 p.m. PT, an hour after the contest’s first pitch was intended to materialize, there was no beekeeper in sight at Chase Area. Consequently, the match remained in a delay, in a definitely un-bee-lievable scene.