Lights go out on the Wahoos

No, they're not going away... somebody turned off some playing field lights.



According to NorthEscambia.com:

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The Southern League rivalry between the Pensacola Blue Wahoos and Mobile BayBears will be remembered Wednesday for the first ever game delay because the ballpark lights went out.

The field and fans sat in complete darkness for about 15 minutes in the top of the ninth inning, right in the middle of a Mobile rally. The BayBears had the bases loaded with one out after scoring two runs to go ahead, 4-3.

That’s when the lights on the first base side went out. When the lights came back on, the lights on the first base side did not return to full power.

As a result, the umpires suspended the game until 5:30 p.m. Thursday. The regularly scheduled game will start 30 minutes after the suspended game ends.

I was President of a West-side ballpark one time. I didn't always hang around for the conclusion of night games and it amazes me how stupid people can be with lights.

There are huge switches to turn the lights on and off. The coaches would go to the light panel, turn the lights off after they were done, THEN TURN THE LIGHTS BACK ON... and leave.

Those stadium lights, sodium vapor lights I think, don't come on all at once. They come back on with a light glow and, after 5 or 10 minutes, they are at full brightness.

I would drive by the ballpark headed to work in the morning and the lights would be on over an empty field. Aaaaarrrrrrgggghhh!