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Originally posted by DG
I generally carry a bottle of water to every game especially after it warms up. When it gets hot the bottle becomes a quart water cooler, and for a DH on a real hot day I have a half gallon water cooler. That is unless it is a tournament and the tournament folks are real good at sending some pretty little teenager out with a bottle of water every 2 or 3 innnings. I have also carried a small bottle of water (4 or 5 ounce size) in my left side ball bag. It's about the same size and weight as a baseball and makes a drink readily available. When it is REALLY hot I carry a separate smaller cooler with crushed ice and water and a couple of blue rags to whipe down with every so often. I put a teaspoon of spirits of ammonia in the slushy water.
Water is generally all that is needed for HS ball because the games are before summer and they are late afternoon or early evening games.
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Not where I live. The temperature hits the 90s and sometimes low 100s in April and May. I worked the College of the Desert Spring Vacation Tournaments for three years. "Coolest" temp was 95. And no shade to use between innings. My wife would keep a small cooler with pints of Gatorade, and a small towel on ice. Between innings, I would drink the Gatorade, and she would put the cold damp towel on the back of my neck. Never had a problem.
Bob