Baseball game suspended so they can shoot off fireworks

This doesn't surprise me. City permits are a pain in the but and are stricter than the MLB drug-testing policy. An independent league game was suspended so they could shoot up the fireworks show - which is probably why most of the fans came anyways.

The Chico Outlaws and Calgary Vipers were trapped in an epic, a 6-6 tie after 11 innings seven games into the Golden Baseball League season, and the crack crew of ESPN Classic was beginning to clear its Saturday schedule to loop the game's grainy highlights. The only problem: It was nearing 11 p.m., and if the game went any longer, a city ordinance would have prevented fans from seeing the fireworks they had all come for. The Outlaws' general manager made the obvious decisions: Suspend the game, and boom goes the dynamite.

That's independent league baseball for you. I bet you the general manager was probably looking at a huge sea of expenses for that fireworks show and couldn't have the meager fan leave pissed.

Ladies and gentlemen, your national pastime!