Patient fans wait out 5-hour rain delay for Royals vs. Orioles

BALTIMORE (AP) — Fans who showed up for a Wednesday afternoon baseball game at Camden Yards ended up waiting until early evening before the first pitch was finally thrown.

There are rain delays, and then there are rain deeeeeelaaaaays that last about as long as a doubleheader.

The Baltimore Orioles and Kansas City Royals, as well as a couple thousand patient fans, endured a five-hour wait before the game got under way.

This was Kansas City’s lone scheduled visit to Baltimore this year, which provided both teams plenty of incentive to play the finale of a three-game series instead of making it up months from now.

Shortly before the scheduled 1:05 p.m. start, the Orioles put up a message on the scoreboard that read, “The start of today’s game is being delayed by inclement weather. … We will keep you advised of an expected start time as soon as possible.”

So, the fans waited. And waited. And they waited some more as the rain kept coming.

Three hours in, 27-year-old Jessica Pearce said, “I really wish they’d tell us something. I don’t mind sitting around for a while, but this is really too long.”