Lightning/Thunder Delay

[PeteBooth]

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Originally Posted by scarolinablue

The problem I had was this - I had cleared the field due to the lightning. After about 30 minutes, and no rain, but the lightning threat was still there, the players (and some coaches) started trickling back onto the field - throwing, playing pepper, and generally horsing around. There was no way I would have allowed this to happen if I were the coach, and expressed this to the GM, and was waved off.

You are NOT the coach but an umpire. As an umpire you did YOUR job when the game was in YOUR control meaning you vacated the area.

What the participants do after that is NOT on you EVEN if something horrible might happen.

Perhaps this particular Legion group forgot about the following incident that happend.

6/4/09 Lightning Kills Little League Baseball Player. | WDEF News 12 | News, Weather and Sports for Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley

In a nutshell you did your JOB which was to vacate the area.

Pete Booth