The Cincinnati Reds had to delay the start of their game Monday afternoon at Great American Ball Park. No, it wasn’t rain. It was bees.
So the @Reds game is in a delay because of….a swarm of bees. pic.twitter.com/G6JW16OmfK
— FOX Sports Ohio (@FOXSportsOH) May 6, 2019
Reds-Giants game currently being delayed by bees. Bee delay. pic.twitter.com/yJPe2oAbIx
— Noel Murray (@NoelMu) May 6, 2019
— C. Trent Rosecrans (@ctrent) May 6, 2019
The home plate umpire told Fox Sports Ohio that the bees were buzzing around the dugouts and home plate.
Reds second baseman Derek Dietrich was brave enough to head out to the field, pretending to be a bee exterminator:
We are currently in a bee delay at GABP. 🐝 pic.twitter.com/lOmvC2X7tz
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) May 6, 2019
The game finally got started after an 18-minute bee delay, reporters on the scene said.
Perhaps the most amazing thing about the debacle is the Reds came out and hung five runs on the San Francisco Giants in the first inning.
It’s the latest addition to a long history of bees affecting MLB games, both in spring training and in the middle of regular-season games. The most famous example was a Rockies-Padres game in 2017, when players on the field had to hit the ground for cover.
• Adam Zielonka can be reached at azielonka@washingtontimes.com.
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