On September 15, 1946, a massive swarm of gnats engulfs the second game of a double header between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs at Ebbets Field. The insects force the game to be called in the fifth inning.
This day in baseball: Gnat invasion
Only in Ebbets. 🙂
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I wish Ebbets Field was still standing. Sure would be cool to visit.
Yikes! If they were bothering the players and umpires, someone could get distracted and then hurt badly by the game action. Send everybody home and let the bugs fly.
According to one account that I read, all the fans in the stands were waving around their programs, and it became a distraction to the point that it was a safety hazard for players trying to watch out for a ball. Sounds like a good reason for calling a game, for sure!