Tryouts outside!! . . . on the field!! . . . in PA!!!

We are in MD just south of you but the same holds true here.  After 2 years of groundballs on wood floors, infield against the bleachers and BP with a jugs whiffle ball set up this year has truly been a treat...

Awwww....that's so nice for y'all.  Mid to high 70's in GA this week   We are breaking out the frog-togs.

Yeah... but you didn't get to enjoy 37" of snow a month ago....

MDBallDad posted:

Yeah... but you didn't get to enjoy 37" of snow a month ago....

 No we did not! We did have a light dusting that you couldn't really even measure with a ruler and the schools were closed that day :- )

CaCO3Girl posted:

MDBallDad posted:

Yeah... but you didn't get to enjoy 37" of snow a month ago....

 No we did not! We did have a light dusting that you couldn't really even measure with a ruler and the schools were closed that day :- )

Just to put it in perspective...we had 37" of snow...walked 6 miles to school carrying our equipment...shoveled the entire baseball field...used hair dryers to dry out the field and then played a scrimmage in shorts and tee's...just sayin' 

Yeah, but I'm sure the first week of games will be rained out like last year. 

MDBallDad posted:

CaCO3Girl posted:

MDBallDad posted:

Yeah... but you didn't get to enjoy 37" of snow a month ago....

 No we did not! We did have a light dusting that you couldn't really even measure with a ruler and the schools were closed that day :- )

Just to put it in perspective...we had 37" of snow...walked 6 miles to school carrying our equipment...shoveled the entire baseball field...used hair dryers to dry out the field and then played a scrimmage in shorts and tee's...just sayin' 

I used to walk to school in three feet of snow, uphill both ways.

And here we are in Dallas, unable to get on the field due to rain! lol

Yeah crazy, tryouts outside in SEPA. Awesome.

I don't remember tryouts in SE PA not being outside. One year it had to be in the parking lot. The field was under water.

RJM posted:

I don't remember tryouts in SE PA not being outside. One year it had to be in the parking lot. The field was under water.

you are out of the loop my friend, the last 3 years have been terrible here. Last spring our first day on grass was the first game of the season...which was postponed by one full week.

old_school posted:

RJM posted:

I don't remember tryouts in SE PA not being outside. One year it had to be in the parking lot. The field was under water.

you are out of the loop my friend, the last 3 years have been terrible here. Last spring our first day on grass was the first game of the season...which was postponed by one full week.

Right, between cold weather or the fields being a mess from either cold or snow outside tryouts have been rare last few years.

old_school posted:

RJM posted:

I don't remember tryouts in SE PA not being outside. One year it had to be in the parking lot. The field was under water.

you are out of the loop my friend, the last 3 years have been terrible here. Last spring our first day on grass was the first game of the season...which was postponed by one full week.

I know last year was terrible. It was terrible everywhere in the northeast. I moved when my son graduated from high school. I live in Boston now. Last year was brutal.

Imagine being a high school coach who has to deal with playing in a public park. That's enough to deal with. Then imagine the town used the field as a dumping ground for a winter of 108 inches of snow. They had to find a new home field. 

There were teams playing five or six games the last week of the season to finish their seasons. I only attended a couple of  high school games. But I heard the quality of play the last week was brutal. Most high school teams don't have 8-10 quality pitchers.

Imagine being a high school coach who has to deal with playing in a public park. That's enough to deal with. Then imagine the town used the field as a dumping ground for a winter of 108 inches of snow. They had to find a new home field. 

RJM,

for a second I thought you were talking about boston college again!

RJM posted:

MDBallDad posted:

CaCO3Girl posted:

MDBallDad posted:

Yeah... but you didn't get to enjoy 37" of snow a month ago....

 No we did not! We did have a light dusting that you couldn't really even measure with a ruler and the schools were closed that day :- )

Just to put it in perspective...we had 37" of snow...walked 6 miles to school carrying our equipment...shoveled the entire baseball field...used hair dryers to dry out the field and then played a scrimmage in shorts and tee's...just sayin' 

I used to walk to school in three feet of snow, uphill both ways.

I had it easy in Nebraska- dad let me ride the horse 6 miles to school in the winter.

pabaseballdad posted:

RJM posted:

MDBallDad posted:

CaCO3Girl posted:

MDBallDad posted:

Yeah... but you didn't get to enjoy 37" of snow a month ago....

 No we did not! We did have a light dusting that you couldn't really even measure with a ruler and the schools were closed that day :- )

Just to put it in perspective...we had 37" of snow...walked 6 miles to school carrying our equipment...shoveled the entire baseball field...used hair dryers to dry out the field and then played a scrimmage in shorts and tee's...just sayin' 

I used to walk to school in three feet of snow, uphill both ways.

I had it easy in Nebraska- dad let me ride the horse 6 miles to school in the winter.

I grew up in North NJ, horses are the ones that go mooo right? 

pabaseballdad posted:

Imagine being a high school coach who has to deal with playing in a public park. That's enough to deal with. Then imagine the town used the field as a dumping ground for a winter of 108 inches of snow. They had to find a new home field. 

RJM,

for a second I thought you were talking about boston college again!

 

Naw, their field is a dumping ground for cars to tailgate during football season.

CaCO3Girl posted:

pabaseballdad posted:

RJM posted:

MDBallDad posted:

CaCO3Girl posted:

MDBallDad posted:

Yeah... but you didn't get to enjoy 37" of snow a month ago....

 No we did not! We did have a light dusting that you couldn't really even measure with a ruler and the schools were closed that day :- )

Just to put it in perspective...we had 37" of snow...walked 6 miles to school carrying our equipment...shoveled the entire baseball field...used hair dryers to dry out the field and then played a scrimmage in shorts and tee's...just sayin' 

I used to walk to school in three feet of snow, uphill both ways.

I had it easy in Nebraska- dad let me ride the horse 6 miles to school in the winter.

I grew up in North NJ, horses are the ones that go mooo right? 

And now you are in Georgia right?...Well bless your soul... you poor thing...the moo ones is cows and thisis NOT a rat...although the size might be similar to what you have seen...

MDBallDad posted:

CaCO3Girl posted:

pabaseballdad posted:

RJM posted:

MDBallDad posted:

CaCO3Girl posted:

MDBallDad posted:

Yeah... but you didn't get to enjoy 37" of snow a month ago....

 No we did not! We did have a light dusting that you couldn't really even measure with a ruler and the schools were closed that day :- )

Just to put it in perspective...we had 37" of snow...walked 6 miles to school carrying our equipment...shoveled the entire baseball field...used hair dryers to dry out the field and then played a scrimmage in shorts and tee's...just sayin' 

I used to walk to school in three feet of snow, uphill both ways.

I had it easy in Nebraska- dad let me ride the horse 6 miles to school in the winter.

I grew up in North NJ, horses are the ones that go mooo right? 

And now you are in Georgia right?...Well bless your soul... you poor thing...the moo ones is cows and thisis NOT a rat...although the size might be similar to what you have seen...

I think my in-laws just call that dinner