After waiting out the rain lThursday, a huge storm made the field at Wilson's Historic Fleming Stadium too hazardous for play Friday night, even though the rain itself did stop.

The Sharks and Tobs will meet one more time this year in Wilmington, no word yet on when Friday's rain out will be made up.

Wilmington now heads on the long road to Petersburg tomorrow to take on the Generals for the only time this season.

The Wilmington Sharks are hosting the 2009 Coastal Plain League All-Star Game and Fan Fest Monday, July 20th and Tuesday, July 21st.

The All-Star Game festivities will all be held at the "Shark Tank" at Buck Hardee Field at the Legion Sports Complex.

The gates will swing open on Monday's Fan Fest at 5 p.m. Fans will get a chance to get autographs from all of the players on both the National and American All-Star clubs. 

With all the furor and frenzy around the All-Star game, never fear, Shark Bits are still here.

The Sharks head on the road for the final two before the big break, but have plenty of home games left to play. A couple of Sharks have been consistently good all season, one is an All-Star, while another somehow isn't.

Tickets are still available for the All-Star game and Fan Fest. For more info call the Sharks at (910) 343.5621. Click and dial at the same time to read "Shark Bits" while it rings.

A four run second inning put the Sharks in a hole they could never recover from as they lost 5-2 to the Wilson Tobs Thursday night.

In a game delayed over an hour by rain, the Sharks did not score until an RBI double off the bat of Greg Bachman(Austin Peay) in the bottom of the eighth. Another run came home in the frame, but it was not enough to overcome the Tobs.

Daniel Cropper(UNC-Wilmington) was touched up for four runs in his five inning start. He struck out seven Tobs on the night, but he loaded the bases before recording the first out in the second allowing the four runs to come home. The loss moves Cropper to 2-4 on the season.

Despite the threat of rain the Sharks are still planning to play their game as scheduled at 7 p.m. against the Wilson Tobs.

The Sharks have a tarp to protect the field should it start to rain and will do all things possible to get the game played tonight.

It's "Thirsty Thursday" out at the Shark Tank presented by Front Street Brewery. Come out and enjoy dollar beers and dollar sodas all night long. Don't let the threat of rain scare you away from a fun time at the old ball game.