Home Run Derby canceled; rain begins falling

At 1:20 p.m., officials informed the near-capacity crowd at Doubleday Field that the annual pregame Home Run Derby has been canceled due to weather conditions.
At that point, it was not raining, but dark clouds filled the sky as the players warmed up on the field. Two minutes later, however, the skies over Doubleday opened, chasing most of the players off the field. Some took time to sign autographs down the first and third base lines, but as thunder echoed through across the area many of the players sprinted for the dugouts.
At 1:26 p.m., officials announced that the game would start no earlier than 2 p.m. and that all events before the game had been canceled.