During a rainy Orioles-Nationals game in D.C., everything unraveled when the grounds crew tried to deploy a faulty tarp. With the score 5-2 in the sixth, heavy rain forced the umpires to call for a delay. The crew raced to cover the field, but the tarp wouldn’t roll out properly. A white strip was stuck, causing the tarp to bunch and drag in the wrong direction. The team tried pulling harder, then backtracked and re-rolled the tarp. The whole operation stalled as water flooded the field and crew members looked unsure what to do next.
Turns out, there was sabotage. According to the narrator, a disgruntled Skittles ad salesman, upset that no one appreciated his “Taste the Rainbow” tarp campaign, deliberately tampered with the setup. That part might be exaggerated, but the breakdown was obvious. At one point, a worker crawled under the tarp to figure out the issue. He diagnosed it, guided a re-roll, and temporarily got things back on track. But by then, the damage was done. The field had taken on too much water. Despite their effort to straighten and pull the tarp properly, the game was eventually suspended. The tarp crew never recovered.