fenwaysouth posted:
BU4ICK,
So, I hate to be the messenger but your son is probably going to have to compromise in some areas of his college selection. There are always going to be pros and cons. The question is how much does weather really matter to one of the biggest decisions of your son's life? To some it is huge and others it is....meh, not so much in the grand scheme of things. My son was the latter and fairly practical with his choices. He wanted the best education possible and a job after college. He did compromise on weather to attend a great academic school and play college baseball. He's lived his whole life in Virginia, and made the decision to attend college in the northeast. He had many Californians and Left Coasters on his college team (between 50%-66% depending on the year), and they did just fine adapting (eventually) to the cold northeast. His practice facilities were indoors during the late Fall, Winter and early Spring. He knew the practice facilities were pretty awesome, so that helped soften the decision a little bit.
My son's freshman roomate & teammate (SoCal) had a box of clothes shipped from home to his dorm room. My wife and I watched him unpack his clothes boxes and his various tank tops, short sleeve shirts, surfer garb, swimming gear, and shorts. My guess is all those clothes came in "really handy" for the first two weeks of school. We visited a month and a half later for Parents' weekend and he was ordering winter clothes online.....smart kid!
I'm not going to lie to you, it is an adjustment both as an athlete and a spectator (hint...bring sleeping bags and many layers of clothes to the early spring games). It was the one thing my son said he wished he could have changed about his 4 years, but he'd do it again in a heartbeat. As always, JMO. I hope that helps you.
Northeast? Upstate New York is North Northeast.
Has any watched a game at Boston College in March or April? The wind blows in off the reservoir. It's a right handed hitters nightmare between the cold, wind and 394 to the gap.
One time I was watching BC play a DH against Georgia Tech. The wind chill made it 20. That is was sunny made it acceptable. Someone asked me if the Georgia people were cold. I explained while watching baseball in March with the wind blowing everyone is cold.
BC's baseball field was laid to rest after last season. The new stadium, which was supposed to be ready ten years ago is finally opening.
Southern Maine doesn't play home games until April. It's still cold.