A first in my umpiring career

[Alaska Ump]

I would agree with canceling games with a 115 degree heat index, but then again, I used to work in an office where we closed down anytime it got over 80 degrees. We closed once that I can remember in the five years I worked there.

[CecilOne]

The highest heat index recorded in Mid-Atlantic was 123 on 7/15/95. Several of us umpired 3 games each in a youth FP travel tourney that day, although a few teams withdrew. The games were long, with extra dugout time and extra water time, but we did it. I've wondered a few times if games should have been cancelled, or if it was worth the minimal $. None of the fields had lights, so slipping the sched was not an option.

[fastpitch]

We played in Panama City Beach during a heat wave a few years ago when the local news was talking about the golfers keeling over on the local courses. I'll never forget watching the other team's left fielder collapse after retrieving a ball that got on the field then she was up to bat the next inning and the coach put her up there since he was out of players - her eyes looked dilated - was an obvious heat stroke that the coach nor the umpires addressed - very scary. As a rookie umpire, what little exposure I had to the heat this year I sure learned who doesn't get to get out of the sun between innings.

[argodad]

Originally Posted by CecilOne

The highest heat index recorded in Mid-Atlantic was 123 on 7/15/95. Several of us umpired 3 games each in a youth FP travel tourney that day, although a few teams withdrew. The games were long, with extra dugout time and extra water time, but we did it. I've wondered a few times if games should have been cancelled, or if it was worth the minimal $. None of the fields had lights, so slipping the sched was not an option.

I was there C1. Daughter played and I was assistant coach of a rec All-Star team that decided to play some travel tournaments. We moved to Louisiana later that year. She played seven more years of travel ball and four years of college ball on the Gulf Coast -- but I was never so hot on a ball field as that day in 1995.

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by argodad

I was there C1. Daughter played and I was assistant coach of a rec All-Star team that decided to play some travel tournaments. We moved to Louisiana later that year. She played seven more years of travel ball and four years of college ball on the Gulf Coast -- but I was never so hot on a ball field as that day in 1995.

It was in Avon-Grove/Oxford, PA. I had mid-day games on a remote field and then one at the main complex.