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Originally Posted by UmpireErnie
I am jealous of all of you! Our high school season is scheduled to open April 22 but a couple of feet of spring snow has but that in jeopardy. I drove past one complex where the majority of Anchorage games are played and they trying to snowblow the fields.
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Umpire Ernie:
Don't be too quick to be jealous. My first H.S. game (baseball or softball) was supposed to be on Monday, April 01st (no April Fool's Day jokes please). It was a girls' varsity softball game and was canceled because the game time (05:00pm) temperaturee forcast was 38F with a windchill factor of 28F.
Yesterday I umpired a boys' varsity baseball DH at 10:00am. The temperature was 40F with a windchill factor of 30F and the temperature and the wind never did get better. MTD, Jr. was supposed to be my partner but had to scratch because a work scheduling screw up but ended up being assigned a girls' JV softball DH with a start time of 01:00pm and it was canceled because of the cold weather.
MTD, Sr.
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Trumbull Co. (Warren, Ohio) Bkb. Off. Assn.
Wood Co. (Bowling Green, Ohio) Bkb. Off. Assn.
Ohio Assn. of Basketball Officials
International Assn. of Approved Bkb. Officials
Ohio High School Athletic Association
Toledo, Ohio
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