Friggin' 2 and a Half Hour Rain Delay!

So my friend Dave scored tickets to the Boston Red Sox-Tampa Bay Rays game last night at Fenway Park.

I love catching a live baseball game from time to time and was pretty excited about the prospect of watching this one, especially since it was to serve as my sole respite prior to this weekend's scheduled on-call marathon.

However, watching the game turned out to be an exercise in patience and stamina, as we were subjected to a 2 1/2 hour rain delay beforehand! The rain was pouring down in buckets, and they kept on optimistically flashing a sign on the Jumbotron, saying, "We expect the inclement weather to pass shortly...please be patient and we will be making an announcement concerning the start of the game soon." To the credit of the meteorologists, the weather did indeed let up--but not until Dave & I (two MD's without the sense to come in out of the rain) were thoroughly damp and waterlogged, and just in time for the cool, spring night breeze to arrive. By the time we left in the 5th inning it was already nearly 11:30pm--though I like to pride myself on not leaving professional sporting events early, I had to wake up early to get to work the next day.

Sadly, the Bosox triumphed, 7-3. This game marked the first, and perhaps only, time that I was rooting for the Rays.