Rain-out Gate 2010

Here is the explaination I recieved from the Recreation Department as to how they decided to postpone the games last tuesday...atleast she tried to get them in...

I know that not everyone was not happy about the decision to cancel games on Tuesday, but after all of the rain we received throughout the day Tuesday, we determined it was the way to go. Here is how the decision was made…

At approximately 3:45 p.m., when it was lightly drizzling, I talked to the maintenance staff at Big Willow and told them I’d like to get the games in if possible. They said they would go and work on the standing water that had accumulated on the two fields and would let me know if they thought they could make the fields playable. While I was waiting to hear back from them, I contacted the cities of Edina, Plymouth and St. Louis Park to see what the status of their games were. All 3 cities had already canceled their games. About 10 minutes later the Big Willow staff called and it had started to downpour again while they were trying to get the field in decent shape. We made the decision at that point to cancel the games.

These are difficult decisions to make and I know I’m about the least popular person in the city when it is sunny and warm a few hours after games have been canceled. Nice weather later in the evenings doesn’t necessarily mean the fields are in good, safe playing condition, which is something people don’t always consider.

I hope this helps. I appreciate you being flexible on the reschedule date.