![]() ![]() If a game is rained out before play begins, it is rescheduled for a later date. Games can also be delayed or canceled for other forms of inclement weather, or if the field is found to be unfit for play. Generally, Major League Baseball teams will continue play in light to moderate rain but will suspend play if it is raining heavily or if there is standing water on the field. The latter two meanings derive from the first, which OED states was first used in 1884 its first written entry into non-baseball usage is cited as 1930 rainout A rainout refers to a game that is canceled or stopped in progress due to rain. rainbow A curveball with a high arc in its path to the plate rain check ( idiomatic ) A ticket given to a spectator at an outdoor event providing for a refund of his entrance money or admission at a later date, should the event be interrupted by rain an assurance of a deferred extension of an offer, especially an assurance that a customer can take advantage of a sale later if the item or service offered is not available (as by being sold out) or a (sometimes vague) promise to accept a social offer at an unnamed later date. Also, an umpire who picks up on every complaint hurled at him from the dugouts is described this way. A player who becomes nervous or chokes when opposing players or fans yell at or razz him is said to have "rabbit ears". ![]() R rabbit ears Indicates a participant in the game who hears things perhaps too well for his own good. ![]() The following is a glossary of baseball jargon ( phrases, idioms and slang): ![]()
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