Drizzle tips...

[CajunNewBlue]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

If you are keeping the line up, YOU are the boss.

yeah right.... im just the guy with the soggy paperwork.

actually it was a non-conference game.... so i have all kinds of bosses.

[Jimmie24]

Have the assistant coach told the umbrella over you so that you don't get wet. They do have a purpose.

[sri8527]

Originally Posted by CajunNewBlue

yeah right.... im just the tool with the soggy paperwork.

actually it was a ncaa non-conference game.... so i have all kinds of bosses.

just be glad no one was seriously hurt, that is when YOU would have found out that you were the boss. if the field is unplayable, get it in writing from whatever authority, that you are to continue the game. when they ask why, just tell them you don't want to be the only one talking to the lawyers, because they will be a calling.


steve

[CajunNewBlue]

Originally Posted by sri8527

just be glad no one was seriously hurt, that is when YOU would have found out that you were the boss. if the field is unplayable, get it in writing from whatever authority, that you are to continue the game. when they ask why, just tell them you don't want to be the only one talking to the lawyers, because they will be a calling.


steve

I should clarify.... it drizzled on and off for all of the 7 innings. we only had one batter HBP the whole game. So, if i would have thought that things were getting out of hand i would have done something.
But after 50 minutes the lineups had seen better days.
Nothing in the CCA manual or associated rulebook that say games are only to be played in bone-dry conditions.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by CajunNewBlue

I should clarify.... it drizzled on and off for all of the 7 innings. we only had one batter HBP the whole game. So, if i would have thought that things were getting out of hand i would have done something.
But after 50 minutes the lineups had seen better days.
Nothing in the CCA manual or associated rulebook that say games are only to be played in bone-dry conditions.

Does either say that umpires must keep their eyes open at all times? Yet, you do that, don't you?

[topper]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Does either say that umpires must keep their eyes open at all times? Yet, you do that, don't you?

Those of us who know CNB are still not sure.

[CajunNewBlue]

Originally Posted by topper

Those of us who know CNB are still not sure.

true.

[wadeintothem]

Originally Posted by sri8527

just be glad no one was seriously hurt, that is when YOU would have found out that you were the boss. if the field is unplayable, get it in writing from whatever authority, that you are to continue the game. when they ask why, just tell them you don't want to be the only one talking to the lawyers, because they will be a calling.


steve

Nah, thats what I pay Bollinger for.

Sometimes you play in the drizzle. Thats the way it goes, especially here in fall ball. You dont get it in writing - you just play and let the tourney UIC and TD figure out when the games get called. Heres the future if you are the one d-head at a tournament saying "wah i want it in writing we play" - you dont work fall ball anymore. If you dont want to work fall ball because you dont want to officiate games where you are playing in less than perfect conditions because you are afraid of lawyers.. then dont. No problem. They will get someone who will (like me).

Bollinger stands ready to deal with this. No one gives a crap about you or your money. They would care about Bollingers money and whoever elses insurance they could tack on. So relax and let them play.

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by wadeintothem

...you just play and let the tourney UIC and TD figure out when the games get called...

That's all well and good, but sometimes the UIC/TD are noodleheads. You are responsible for determining if your field is safe to play. Drizzle isn't the real issue; mud holes and sloppy base paths are another thing, though.

We had a series of tornadoes go through and nearly wipe out the town of Hugo just north of me. A few weeks later, a TD wanted us to play on with the tornado sirens going of because "the sky doesn't look too bad." Noodlehead.

[wadeintothem]

Originally Posted by Dakota

That's all well and good, but sometimes the UIC/TD are noodleheads. You are responsible for determining if your field is safe to play. Drizzle isn't the real issue; mud holes and sloppy base paths are another thing, though.

We had a series of tornadoes go through and nearly wipe out the town of Hugo just north of me. A few weeks later, a TD wanted us to play on with the tornado sirens going of because "the sky doesn't look too bad." Noodlehead.

DoH!

Allow me to add a * to my above statement then.

*If my TD puts me anywhere near (hundreds of miles) of a sounding Tornado siren we aint playing.

(not that I've ever heard a Tornado Siren other than on TV)

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by CajunNewBlue

yeah right.... im just the guy with the soggy paperwork.

actually it was a non-conference game.... so i have all kinds of bosses.

Maybe, but you don't play with lightning present.

You or your partners DID see that lightning bolt, didn't you?

[SRW]

If we didn't play in the rain, then we up here wouldn't ever have any games.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by SRW

If we didn't play in the rain, then we up here wouldn't ever have any games.

More of that PNW propaganda to keep everyone away.

[wadeintothem]

use a pencil when you gotta play in the rain and shield it to keep it as dry as possible. I keep my "rain gear" .. ie a spatula, crappy brush, and pencil when I'm calling games with potential rain/rain.