Boston Red Sox fans weren’t ready for an Opening Day rainout. Frankly, who can blame them?
The Red Sox were scheduled to play the Baltimore Orioles this afternoon at Fenway Park, but sadly Mother Nature didn’t cooperate. April 1 is notorious for being a day full of tomfoolery, but this was no joke — the Red Sox game against the O’s is postponed until Friday afternoon, as storms have entered the Boston area and likely won’t go away until Friday.
Today’s #OpeningDay game & pregame ceremonies are rescheduled for tomorrow, Friday, April 2, at 2:10 p.m. pic.twitter.com/wx7wvLwqAJ
— Red Sox (@RedSox) April 1, 2021
Boston fans pleaded with the Sox not to postpone Opening Day, which means so much to those not just around Fenway Park, but all of baseball. Opening Day is the unofficial start of spring, and setting it back a day just feels wrong.
Red Sox fans went through all the emotions over Opening Day rainout
Why? For this? pic.twitter.com/7e4nqCy7nd
— Justin𐕣 (@JustinMLB) April 1, 2021
Yes, for this. 45 and rain isn’t exactly optimal baseball weather, dude.
Horrible decision. Unless we cancel games with temps in the 40’s now? pic.twitter.com/MK6f9njU2Y
— realconomc (@realconormcgrat) April 1, 2021
We appreciate the take from our junior meteorologist, but it’s okay to let out your emotions in a more respectable manner, folks.
Orioles fans even offered to help out, should Boston make the short trip down to Baltimore.
Do you need Baltimore's ground crew? 9% chance of rain during the afternoon and you're already postponing? LAME.#Orioles pic.twitter.com/hjoS48bPhj
— Bill from da Shore (@BillFromDaShore) April 1, 2021
And no, this is not just a really bad April Fool’s joke. No baseball franchise is that dumb.
— Lake Man™️ (@TeddyBTyler) April 1, 2021
We promise, not one.
I waited a couple of minutes to see ... and I wouldn't put it past the Sox to be that tone-deaf.
— Greg A. Bedard (@GregABedard) April 1, 2021
At least the Red Sox gave fans plenty of notice?
You know how many people in both markets plan their day around this? How are you making an announcement about rain 5 hours in advance??!! This is bs.
— Jeff Johnson (@Jcoopjohnson) April 1, 2021
As unhappy as Red Sox fans are at the moment, would they prefer to wait around 10 hours to watch the end of Game 1? Assuming the weather cooperates on Friday, this will all be behind us shortly. Strap in, there’s only 161 more after Opening Day.