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The Art of the Rain Delay: Come for the baseball, stay for the Revolutionary War reenactment

Davidson College gives the grittiest, guttiest rain delay performance of the decade.

Rob Foldy-US PRESSWIRE

Nothing can sap the fun out of going to the ballpark quite like a long, unrelenting rain delay (though paying $8 for a shitty beer like Coors Light is a close second).

Kudos to Davidson College, then, for demonstrating that rain delays don't have to be waited out in complete misery, but can rather serve as a perfect opportunity to go bowling, reenact your favorite 18th century battle sequences, work on your curling skills, and so much more:


And as an added bonus, here's Rick Dempsey and Sammy Stewart doing their best rain-delay impressions of Robin Yount and Jim Palmer:


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