Heat/Humidity - again

[5 sport ref]

Some of us worked 17 games over the weekend outside Chicago. 4 games (all were one umpire) on Friday, 6 on Saturday (2 were one umpire) and 7 on Sunday at a ASA Metro. We started at 12:30 on Friday and 8:00 a.m. Saturday and Sunday and finished each night at about 10:00 p.m. Temps were in the mid - high 90's and high humidity and we only had 1 umpire feel a little woozy. Lots of ice water and gatorade with raw fruits and vegetables between games. We were supposed to work 2 on and one off but most times we worked 3, 4 or in some cases 5 in a row without a break as the start times started to scatter caused by games running late due to international tiebreakers or teams moving from field to field and waiting for other games to finish. As a whole we rather work in those conditions opposed to the 30 degree game time temps with wind chills in the teens to twentys in late March to early April.

You warm weather guys should try some of those cold weather games and you wouldn't complain about the heat.