The tournament was never cancelled because of the weather.
Most of the games in pool play were completed, but two games were called with 25 minutes left in each because of the rain. There was one game that continued playing even as the puddles were forming by the first base coaches feet (and probably other puddles we did not see).
Sunday the teams were told to show up at 9AM even though the fields were not playable. By noon one field was ready, so the two pool play games were finished, one after the other. The announcement was the seeding would be determined at 1PM and bracket play, on one field, would begin immediately after that. With the forecast calling for rain in the afternoon, a number of the teams that drove hours to get to the tournament decided to leave. The TD said if any team leaves they would not be allowed to participate in this tournament in the future.
Is it reasonable to expect a team that drove many hours to get to the tournament to stay on the chance it was not going to rain more and the games would end very late in the day?
Most of the games in pool play were completed, but two games were called with 25 minutes left in each because of the rain. There was one game that continued playing even as the puddles were forming by the first base coaches feet (and probably other puddles we did not see).
Sunday the teams were told to show up at 9AM even though the fields were not playable. By noon one field was ready, so the two pool play games were finished, one after the other. The announcement was the seeding would be determined at 1PM and bracket play, on one field, would begin immediately after that. With the forecast calling for rain in the afternoon, a number of the teams that drove hours to get to the tournament decided to leave. The TD said if any team leaves they would not be allowed to participate in this tournament in the future.
Is it reasonable to expect a team that drove many hours to get to the tournament to stay on the chance it was not going to rain more and the games would end very late in the day?