The Nationals’ grounds crew’s futile attempt to unroll a rain tarp was hysterical to watch

Naturally, people had jokes.

You’ve really gotta feel for the Washington Nationals’ grounds crew, which became the target of so many jokes after struggling with the rain tarp.

In the middle of the defending World Series champs’ Sunday afternoon home game against the Baltimore Orioles, Mother Nature stopped by with heavy rain that absolutely soaked the field at Nationals Park. A relatively brief storm rolled through D.C. in the middle of the sixth inning with the Nationals down, 5-2, and they had no choice but to delay the game as it poured.

But it certainly didn’t help the situation when the Nationals’ grounds crew tried and failed miserably for a while to unroll the tarp designed to protect the infield. At one point, they even tried to roll it back up in an effort to correct whatever mistake was made, but it didn’t seem to help too much.

After floundering for several minutes, the crew eventually got the tarp situation figured out.

But as they were about to finally get the tarp completely over the infield, the rain stopped, the sun came out and their effort was largely futile. Multiple Nationals reporters noted how it was a “mud bath infield” at that point.

It was not a flattering scene for the crew at Nationals Park. And naturally, people on Twitter did what they do best and tossed out some great jokes at the expense of these unfortunate (and drenched) groundskeepers.

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