Red Sox fans take advantage of flooded Fenway Park during rain delay

When the storms grew too heavy for the baseball diamond to deal with, Boston Red Sox followers made their journey to Fenway Park price it.

The skies opened up because the Sox have been enjoying towards the New York Mets Friday night time, ensuing within the recreation being suspended within the fourth inning. The sport’s being made up Saturday afternoon.

The rain was so severe stairways regarded like waterfalls, and the warning observe regarded like a swamp.

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Fenway Park after a rainstorm earlier than a recreation between the Boston Purple Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays Aug. 26, 2022, in Boston. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Pictures)

Followers got here to the short realization that the sport was in all probability not going to be resumed, in order that they made the very best of it.

Not solely did stairs develop into waterfalls, however the concourse grew to become a pool occasion.

The Boston Purple Sox grounds crew places the tarp on the sector throughout the fourth inning throughout a recreation towards the New York Mets at Fenway Park.  (Bob DeChiara/USA Right now Sports activities)

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One space of the walkway within the ballpark was flooded a number of inches, leaving many followers unable to stroll by means of.

One fan shed his shirt and dove headfirst into the puddle.

And he did so a second time.

Even members of the Sox had bother getting across the tunnel of Fenway. Justin Turner made the trek by means of some thick water and captured it on digicam.

When play resumed Saturday afternoon, the “delay” had formally been 18 hours and one minute, however who’s counting?

Members of the grounds crew cowl the infield with a tarp throughout a rain delay within the fourth inning of a recreation between the New York Mets and the Boston Purple Sox at Fenway Park July 21, 2023, in Boston. (Brian Fluharty/Getty Pictures)

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The Mets led Boston, 4-3, within the backside of the fourth on the time of the suspension. The second recreation is slated to start 7:10 p.m. as an alternative of the repeatedly scheduled 4:10 p.m. begin time.