June Pickups

[ooo-ribay]

Great ticket, Scott! Did they not resume the game because it was late in the season and both teams were "out of it"?

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Great ticket, Scott! Did they not resume the game because it was late in the season and both teams were "out of it"?

Rob,
Thank you.
Interesting question. As stated in my previous post, it was a day game and was called due to darkness.
It's amazing that the 19 inning game only lasted about 4 1/2 hours, which by today's standard was crazy fast.
9 inning games today can easily take 4+ hours. Times have certainly changed...

Since lights were available at Brooklyn since 1938 and the game was played in 1946, I actually puzzled over why they just didn't turn on the lights to let the game play out. I came to the conclusion that at this point in time, night games perhaps were still being billed as special events. In 1946 it appears that only 29/78 games in the home schedule being played under the lights. The other thing to possibly consider is that likely turning on the lights required special set up and preparation since they were not an everyday occurrence.
Perhaps the logistics prevented it? I'm not really sure...