'Metaphor alert': Here's why the Washington Nationals canceled last night's 'Freedom Fireworks'

Greg P. | 1:37 PM on July 04, 2021

Oh, FFS! How can this be real?

The Washington National canceled the “Freedom Fireworks” show that was supposed to take place after last night’s game due to the city’s noise curfew:

Tonight’s Freedom Fireworks presented by Budweiser have been canceled due to the city’s noise curfew.

We apologize for the inconvenience. pic.twitter.com/E6nVGOrY2D

— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) July 4, 2021

The game ran long due to a rain delay:

OK, here's the sitch…

Yan Gomes obliterated a baseball and then the skies opened up.

It's 3-3 and we're in the top of the 5th inning.

Now we're all gonna stay up past our bedtimes.@Yan_AGomes // #NATITUDE pic.twitter.com/wbo1mJwb4w

— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) July 4, 2021

Great job, Nationals:

Kept my family through the hour plus rain delay with the promise of fireworks….would have been nice to give us a heads up earlier 😡

— Carson (@carsonmcd) July 4, 2021

So, people sat through the long delay for nothing?

The game restarted at 10:20pm. The noise ordinance takes effect at 10pm. You could have notified folks earlier. Y’all made a mistake. You could own up to the 42,000 people who came out. https://t.co/kyWVy2FRHg pic.twitter.com/P06WkAKM47

— Dr. Jason Cottrell (@DrJCottrell) July 4, 2021