Weather SE and West

Great question coach.

From the standpoint of northern teams traveling south, it, for the first time in many moons, has leveled the playing field. Northern teams traditionally don't get their first outdoor batting reps until opening day, or the day before, whilst their southern counterparts have been playing scrimmages outdoors everyday. This amounts to a huge early season advantage. There's just no substitute for hitting live on a real field against a natural background.

Dallas has been hit by El Nino as well since last October...rains usually enough to flood the fields...maybe we'll play next weekend...keeping our fingers crossed...good luck to everyone this season...and pray for some sunshine!!!

Rain and snow in Northern Arizona. Cancelling games, re-scheduling and even moving games from one school to another. Some fields here are also unplayable. Leaving kids to hit in cages instead of live. Tough on the first games stats and quality of Ball.

Oh, indeed - my son has been singing the blues. They have had just a single scrimmage so far, and the practicing they have been able to get in has been after shoveling off the tarp, then three hours in 35 degree windy rain.

More sketchy weather ahead, too. Unclear how much scrimmaging they will be able to get in before the first games in twelve days.

Kinda hard to complain about the rain out here considering the weather back east. It looks like we've got a fair amount of sunshine ahead and hopefully the clear weather will head east also.

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Originally posted by CADad:
Kinda hard to complain about the rain out here considering the weather back east.

Welcome to the life of Northern winter/spring baseball.

No complaints here. We got a 7" dusting of snow today and there's a smile on many faces because when it snows the temp usually gets up in the 20's and you can start shedding some clothes and feel assured that the car will probably start in the morning.

Be safe and smart friends and never take weather lightly

Agree with CADad, our rain is nothing like digging out of snow. We've had three games rescheduled so out of 5 games they have played 2, one shortened to 7 innings because of rain. It's funny to see fans at the game wearing snow parkas and ski gloves to keep warm. Cold wind and rain hurts to the bone. We've had friends come from the midwest and can't believe how cold it can get here in the S.F. Bay Area.

Rob, I thought it always rained in Oregon or least every time I've been up there.

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Supposed to be....Ahhh forget it. No reason to rub it in...


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Rob, I thought it always rained in Oregon or least every time I've been up there.

Well, yes, but my son is in North Carolina! And oddly enough, the weather in Oregon has been beautiful. 55 and sunny today.

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Rob, I thought it always rained in Oregon or least every time I've been up there.

Well, yes, but my son is in North Carolina! And oddly enough, the weather in Oregon has been beautiful. 55 and sunny today.

Yeah Rob, we've been getting quite a bit of rain down in Sacramento, and when I hear from the boys up in Corvallis, all they can tell me is how nice the weather is, and how much they're loving it up there. It's going to be interesting, as it looks like they've got a real good team this year and with all the nice weather they should get out of the gate pretty fast. I can't wait to see them, probably coming up for the UCLA series.

It's pouring here in Las Vegas. We've had a year of rain already.. 3.5". But all is well, 68 and sunny by this weekend!

The boys at OSU are going to be strong? Thats just the news the boys at Maine want to hear. They head to Oregon the 19th of March.. Ouch!!

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I guess this fits in here better'n anywhere else.




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This guy is going to groom the infield as soon as he finds it.

These people want to apply to throw out the first pitch.

How about it, RJM. There's gonna be close to four feet of snow on the ground. More coming Monday???