For the 43rd time in Harmony Sea Kittens history, rain has postponed a scheduled contest. The forecast looked grim for days, and the reality was worse as cool temperatures and steady, drenching rain moved through the area in several waves over the past 24 hours.
Trying to find a silver lining in one of the many, many, many clouds, Harmony manager Joe Hennessy opined that maybe the Cats would do well to have another week to lick around and smooth ruffled fur after last week’s stunning loss to Bat Intentions. The Cats also would have been without Helen “Boo Rabbit” Bradley, Kyle “Boom Boom” Magyera, and Erin “Mama Cat” O’Brien for tonight’s contest with a formidable Silver Eagle squad.
Year
Rainouts
2017
7
2011
6
2016
4
2010
4
2018
3
2012
3
2014
2
2019
2*
2013
1
2015
1
Sea Kittens (3-1) return to action June 19 at Olbrich Park against Run Like Mad (2-2), whom Los Gatitos topped 8-6 in week 2 in a game where both offenses squandered multiple scoring opportunities.
33 of the Cats rainouts have come during summer season, vs. 10 during fall.
Twelve of Sea Kittens rain outs have been in June, more than in any other month.
The team has been scheduled to play on the 12th (of any month) seven times, and has only played two of those contests.
Overall Sea Kittens are 20-14 in the week after a rain out (8 times they’ve been washed out again), a winning clip (0.588) that’s slightly better than the team’s all – time mark in league play (0.534)
Since 2016, Sea Kittens have not fared as well after a layoff, winning 12 of 18 post – rain contests (0.667), well below the club’s 0.788 winning percentage (26-7) in other games during that stretch.
