baseball and snow

Not much you can do for MLB but college and high school needs to switch seasons with football.

Think about it - we are always worried (rightfully so) about football kids getting heat stroke or worse from the July heat wearing all that equipment. Baseball players still need to worry about it but it would be easier to manage than football.

Baseball has to contend with horrific weather conditions (snow, rain, bitter cold) which affects performance and even if you have games. Football can be played in the slop and not really affect the game as much.

Just a thought.

We had our first game of the season yesterday...

Temps in the 30's, 20 mph winds and snow flurries. Got to love Northeast Baseball!

We also played yesterday and my son was as excited as anyone before and after the game which he played in 39 degree weather with 30 mph winds. His comment after the game.....Dad there's nothing like opening day I never felt cold once we started.

Ahhhh baseball is back! And I can't imagine NJ kids playing in any worse weather so it's all downhill from here. Good luck on your season

Oh yes,....2nd game of the season yesterday,
...18-20 degrees, snow flurries with the wind whippin' and howlin'.
Burrrrrr,...quite chilly,
quite chilly indeed!!!
( I hate to admit it,
but with this kind of weather,
it brings the mom-worry-wart in me out.
I do get concerned about injuries.
Cant help it. )

I'll be happy when I can start
complaining again,
about my self imposed,
racoon eyed " baseball-tan "
from my sunglasses!! ha!

Bring on the sun dude!!!

We were supposed to have our first game of the season yesterday but nobody could figure out how to get the ball to roll through 8" of snow.

Gotta love when Yankee releivers, Farnsworth and Bruney, come out of bullpen in short sleeves. Although, maybe the season should be pushed off a month and go deeper into May, and June. Why do colleges have to end so early?

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Originally posted by Holden Caulfield:
...nobody could figure out how to get the ball to roll through 8" of snow.

I've seen it done before. It takes three or four sturdy guys....

Wood... Wood U please PM me and explain how you post pictures... I don't understand how to fill in the url line... I am an idiot (post a picture of Quasi Moto hanging from the bells I guess)...
Also if i want to post a photo from my digital camera how would i do that??? if you have a minute to help i wood love it... thanks, skip

Mornin' trojan skipper,...passin' ya a cup of hot coffee neighbor,....I was wondering if you've been freezing too!!
I'll pm you with picture posting details too!
( just figured it out myself!)

ssmom -- I have 4-6 inches of snow in my backyard. My little 8 yr older is home today with strep throat so I'm surfing the good old web and trying to do homework and get ahead on my class i'm taking.
I have lived here for 29 years and have never seen this kind of snow in April...

I love my UA "Cold Gear"!

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Simple process...

Put the NCAA baseball committee in charge of major league ball....

They will scrunch the schedule, equalize the north/south, east/west disparagy, do away with free agency, trim rosters, and equalize salaries..

...and everyone will be happy.

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I know you all are gonna give me a hard time, but its only gonna be 48 today - but remember 48 with the southern chill factor, actually feels like 28 - yes we are wimps lol

quote:

By Spartan

Ahhhh baseball is back! And I can't imagine NJ kids playing in any worse weather so it's all downhill from here. Good luck on your season

Unfortunately I think we might have a few days to wait until the downhill (warmer) part of the season starts. Forecast for Saturday's game, morning snow flurries and cold. Not to worry, we have a snowmobile on standby to drag the field before the game if the tractor gets stuck.

quote:

Originally posted by trojan-skipper:
(post a picture of Quasi Moto hanging from the bells I guess)

You will have a PM in about five minutes skipper.

He's got much better forearms than me.

Hanging out in Vail, CO for spring break... Snow on the mountain tops but clear and pretty warm in the valley (48-58 av). Brought the gloves and a couple of balls and found a local ballfield to toss around in after the slopes!

Come on fellas, let's head out to the field for practice.

quote:

Originally posted by catcher09:
I know you all are gonna give me a hard time, but its only gonna be 48 today - but remember 48 with the southern chill factor, actually feels like 28 - yes we are wimps lol

I know we're like wimps when the temps get hot and we can't breath. It's natures way of adjusting to the environment. It's funny, on Sunday mornings in the winter with single digit temps you can go to the store and see people picking up the eggs, bacon, newspaper and wearing shorts and a winter jacket. The golf season ends up here when it snows and a 40 degree day in Nov/Dec there is a line in the clubhouse. My daughters were going to waterski this weekend but this weather put a thin sheet of ice back on the lake in the shallows. But throw a 100 degree day out there and you'd think the world was coming to an end and we were all going to die

As much as we complain about the snow, when August roles around the water table is at a good level, the reseviors are filled we will look back on this week and call it a blessing.

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How about some of that global warming....

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Heard on the radio, this morning, that the Portland Seadogs had some fun with the snow. They made snowmen on the field, gave then jerseys and hats and had a practice of some sort. See below.

http://www.portlandseadogs.com/cgi-bin/dist/news.cgi?id=1175863183

Well just betwig you and me I'd say that pitcher's delivery is too stiff...he needs to branch out some more and work on some different pitches other than the split nest bird ball he's throwing in the picture.

He does seem to be enjoying himself...nice smile!

and melts down in a heated contest

Baseball and snow go together like peanut butter and jelly up here in the North during the early Springtime. I left work a few years back to watch a hs game in Bay Village which is on Lake Erie. It snowed so hard that you just expected them to stop it. Every time they came close to stopping it, the flurries would let up. Game time temps were in the 20's and who knows how cold with the wind chill factor.

Tis the weather to bring the ol' bird back

fowl bird

Love this game - 319 first swing!

RZ1 - great post

Oh, now you've done it Woody. You are giving out your picture-posting secrets. Minnesota Mom is having fits right now!

NEW RULES FROM MINNESOTA MOM

1) No winter-scene posts.. It might snowball. Sure, it starts with an innocent Jack Frost but within three days it morphs into Wood4Sale posting artist-renderings of Sponge Bob underwear.

2) No wood product-related posts. This just incites Woodrow and creates a flurry of posting activity. Instead, it is suggested that one posts anti-wood comments. Issues like global warming or investing in plastic futures. It doesn't work, as W4S will find a response, but all other members will be bored out of their minds and it will end there.

3) Baseball posts are okay. As all HSBBW members know, relevant posts are the only true way to combat the heinous Dr. W.

Signed,

Mn. Mom
Delete Button Happy

Son's season "started" a few days ago but the games have been postponed. Here's the forecast for the week:
Today: Snow showers likely. Cloudy, with a high near 30. Blustery, with a west northwest wind between 15 and 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Total daytime snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Tonight: A 50 percent chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a low around 23. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 17 to 20 mph decreasing to between 9 and 12 mph.

Sunday: A 40 percent chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a high near 34. West northwest wind between 9 and 14 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20. West northwest wind between 8 and 11 mph.

Monday: A 30 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. West wind between 7 and 10 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 23.

Tuesday: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday Night: A chance of snow or rain. Cloudy, with a low around 33.

Wednesday: Snow or rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 40.

Wednesday Night: A chance of snow or rain. Cloudy, with a low around 31.

Thursday: A chance of snow or rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28.

Friday: Partly cloudy, with a high near 48.

We have our first game today at 2:30. Rain postponed our first game on Wednesday, and that rain to an inch of snow. Now all the snow has melted and just a trace is left. It’s a high of 27 degrees today with 20mph winds and a 60% chance of snow (Weather.com says it will feel like 10 degrees).

It was the Indians hope opener yesterday and that was the good news. Snow delayed the start time a few hours. After each inning or two, they would have to stop because of the intense snow flurries. It was interesting to watch the ground crews. They used leaf blowers to get the snow off the field. Finally, after about four 1/2 hour to 45 minute delays, they postponed the game due to snow

rz1's and stickwatcher's sons with UIC are in town this wekend to play Cleveland State. I wish I could assure them they'll get their games in this weekend

That was great to see on ESPN...
...and the Indians have already cancelled today's DH.

Don't feel too bad...it'll be about 42 with a near freezing wind chill for our DH down here in VA today.

Well snow postpones game number two of the season. Another practice in the gym.

quote:

Originally posted by Bum:

Oh, now you've done it Woody.

Oh Waldo...you've caught me again!


You are giving out your picture-posting secrets. Minnesota Mom is having fits right now!

Do you know where I could find her...is she camping out somewhere?


NEW RULES FROM MINNESOTA MOM

1) No winter-scene posts.. It might snowball. Sure, it starts with an innocent Jack Frost but within three days it morphs into Wood4Sale posting artist-renderings of Sponge Bob underwear.


I almost did post Spongie in the thread discussing poodles

2) No wood product-related posts. This just incites Woodrow and creates a flurry of posting activity. Instead, it is suggested that one posts anti-wood comments. Issues like global warming or investing in plastic futures. It doesn't work, as W4S will find a response, but all other members will be bored out of their minds and it will end there.


"Run, run, fast as you can! I'll bore you, I'm the goofy Woodman!"

3) Baseball posts are okay. As all HSBBW members know, relevant posts are the only true way to combat the heinous Dr. W.


" Give me...One million posts! That's all I ask...really.

Signed,

Mn. Mom
Delete Button Happy


Just choose one Mom...only one!

Good one, GotWood. P.S., Members.. it's 68 and sunny here in Spokane.

Yesterday's game at Jacobs Field:

I went to our AA Drillers game here in tulsa,and was a part of the first ever snow out at drillers stadium.haha

Went last might for a double header,and froze my rear end off.Friend caught a foul ball though!

Is she just worried or is she?????

quote:

Originally posted by trojan-skipper:
Wood... Wood U please PM me and explain how you post pictures... I don't understand how to fill in the url line... I am an idiot (post a picture of Quasi Moto hanging from the bells I guess)...
Also if i want to post a photo from my digital camera how would i do that??? if you have a minute to help i wood love it... thanks, skip

For those who didn't get a PM and are curious, check this link on HSBBW and scroll down and/or up and read what I posted there.

96° forcast for tomorrow for me.