Watch: Reds Grounds Crew Member Gets Eaten by Tarp During Weather Delay

It's an occupational hazard.

Most rain delays in baseball are boring affairs. The tarp comes out. The local meteorologist jabbers on the Jumbotron. Your regional sports network trots out a replay of somebody's 15-strikeout outing from 2006.

Sometimes, however, a magical occurrence elevates a weather stoppage and garners the attention of the baseball world.

Such an event took place in rainy Cincinnati Monday evening, as the Queen City grappled with a downpour that eventually forced the Reds' contest against the Giants to be suspended with one out in the top of the eighth inning.

When the Reds' grounds crew dutifully attempted to tarp over the Great American Ball Park field, one of Cincinnati's staffers was swallowed. Take a look at the carnage for yourself.

This grounds crew member was eaten by the tarp 😭😅 pic.twitter.com/G0m80IQHO2

— SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) July 18, 2023

San Francisco's broadcast team guffawed at the mishap, which thankfully left no one hurt.

If nothing else, fans got some much-needed excitement in a game that will not be resolved until tomorrow afternoon.