:lol:

 

I was actually saying that I pulled the hammy in spite of the heat; not because. But go ahead...you guys have your fun. :lol:

 

I was hoping for a yes. I tweaked my ankle shagging fly balls at practice...need an excuse other than I'm old.

Betting the heat idex will be closer to 120-125 if ambient temperature is 100.

 

Glad Doug is going to be ok. Not only did they have to play in the 100 degree temperatures, but they had to play a double header. Heat index was well over 100 in both games. Coach rotated players as best he could, but 5+ hours on the baseball field drained all of them.

 

Today, Doug's team plays at UC on the turf at 1:30pm. I expect the temperature will be around 100 degrees. The heat index on the turf will be somewhere around 110-115. Fluids, fluids, fluids because they will play unless you can find some bass drums to play a thunder roll outside the stadium.

The wife's cousin is playing down in Louisville this weekend. They played 2 games in the heat yesterday, and they just got finished with today's game about an hour ago. The neighbor's niece is in town for a soccer tournament, and they played 2 games this morning, and then decided to cancel the afternoon games. People are crazy to allow these games to go on. Playing in borderline 100 heat index is questionable as I had the dilemma a couple weeks ago whether to cancel or not (which we did), but when it's over 110, there shouldn't be any thinking about it.

Played Monday night in brutal heat & still managed to pull my hamstring. :irked:

 

First time I ever heard of a 7 year-old pulling a hammie.

 

I recommend pre-game Ovaltine, even though your older brother might pass it off as a crummy commercial.

Played in the NKYsports.com outing at AJ Jolly today...the heat was brutal. I had 12 Bud Light Limes in my bag and still had 8 of them left after 18 holes. You know it's hot when shutitdown is forced to drink water and gatorade instead of his BLL's on the golf course. Still enjoyed a couple Acid Deep Dish cigars though.

 

Looks like you were forced to shutitdown !!! LOL

 

I got an invite for that and couldnt swing it...sounds like it was brutal.

My stepson's team played today at High Noon and it was absolutely miserable. I had an umbrella over me the entire game and I felt sorry for those kids and the guys in blue. Stepson played catcher and had a nice 2 run Jack helping them get to a nice lead and then the coach pulled him and a few other kids the last couple innings to rest. Mills Park is like the Kentucky Horse Park for the Bluegrass Games.....NO TREES and like a desert. Sad thing is there were no other games scheduled on the fields the rest of the day or earlier this morning. Luckily and thankfully everyone made it through the game with no heat related issues.

I do not think this is about how "tough" you are, to me it's about how "smart" you are.

Yes, his dad does help coach the team but that does not change MO one bit. Just because we did it when we were kids (and I did) does not make it a smart thing to do.

 

Exactly right. The more we learn the better off we are.

Exactly right. The more we learn the better off we are.

 

I think it should be "the more we learn the softer we get." That's one problem with our society today....but thats for another thread!

I think it should be "the more we learn the softer we get." That's one problem with our society today....but thats for another thread!

 

Soft when the heat index is over 100? I grew up working in tobacco, hauling hay, etc. I was not soft and suffered from heat exhaustion. To this day it still bothers me if I stay in the heat too long. I can't stay out in it as long as before.

 

So all the warnings we hear on the news is because we are soft? Soft is not working hard. It is not being able to handle 100 + heat. Do you think young kids know when they are starting suffer from heat problems?

I think it should be "the more we learn the softer we get." That's one problem with our society today....but thats for another thread!

 

No Spartan79 the problem is you haven't learned anything as you have gotten older. The rest of us or should I say the vast majority of us adults, have learned that the games that kids play, are just that, games and when the times comes that the games can cause health problems, unrelated to the normal play of the games, we educated adults, have learned to step in to protect our children.

 

We have grown taller, stronger, healthier and live longer, not because we are soft but because we have educated ourselves. Sorry but today, it isn't the strongest who survive, it is the smartest, who survive!

Heard a kid had a heat stroke at the Kings Island Tourney today in the 14u division.

 

I was told from someone at the game the kid was taken out in the top of the first inning after the visiting team batted around. This was after the base umpire stopped the game to get him water. After he came out of the game and before the next pitcher was ready the coach came on the field and said they were done. They only had 8 players and they called an ambulance for their pitcher. He was released from the hospital that night and was back playing that next morning...

 

Also when the umpire was asked about the heat index he stated he never heard of anything like that. Something needs to be done because these kids just don't prepare themselves for the heat.

I was told from someone at the game the kid was taken out in the top of the first inning after the visiting team batted around. This was after the base umpire stopped the game to get him water. After he came out of the game and before the next pitcher was ready the coach came on the field and said they were done. They only had 8 players and they called an ambulance for their pitcher. He was released from the hospital that night and was back playing that next morning...

 

 

Yes this is pretty much right on as to what happened. He faced 11 batters in the first inning. Around batter 9 the base umpire called time and called his head coach (Olenthangy Warriors 14U) coach to the mound to give him water as there was only one out. Opposing head coach also came to mound to check on the pitcher as well.

After batter 11 the young man came out of the game. The Warriors team stated they would play with 8 at this point as they had players playing in another tournament in South Carolina and these player(s) were not going to be at tourney until Sat. morning. Ky Crush coach offered to give them a player to play the outfield and the Warriors head coach said no. Next hitter pulled a single into right field scoring two more runs and at that point the two head coaches got together with the umpires and called the game.

 

This game started around 4:00 pm on Friday and the regular temperature was 104 degrees. One correction from a previous post is that the umpires did not claim to have never heard of a heat index but rather they had not been informed of one for this tournament.

 

As far as player hydration is concerned head coaches need to know what is best for players days in advance. I know both teams in this case were given hydration instructions numerous times Thurs. and Friday by their coaching staffs. However, if a pitcher faces 11 batters in one inning and is on the mound for 35 minutes really not much you can do as far as staying hydrated unless he gets drinks while he is pitching.

Edited July 10, 201214 yr by goaheadandjump

I was told from someone at the game the kid was taken out in the top of the first inning after the visiting team batted around. This was after the base umpire stopped the game to get him water. After he came out of the game and before the next pitcher was ready the coach came on the field and said they were done. They only had 8 players and they called an ambulance for their pitcher. He was released from the hospital that night and was back playing that next morning...

 

 

Yes this is pretty much right on as to what happened. He faced 11 batters in the first inning. Around batter 9 the base umpire called time and called his head coach (Olenthangy Warriors 14U) coach to the mound to give him water as there was only one out. Opposing head coach also came to mound to check on the pitcher as well.

After batter 11 the young man came out of the game. The Warriors team stated they would play with 8 at this point as they had players playing in another tournament in South Carolina and these player(s) were not going to be at tourney until Sat. morning. Ky Crush coach offered to give them a player to play the outfield and the Warriors head coach said no. Next hitter pulled a single into right field scoring two more runs and at that point the two head coaches got together with the umpires and called the game.

 

This game started around 4:00 pm on Friday and the regular temperature was 104 degrees. One correction from a previous post is that the umpires did not claim to have never heard of a heat index but rather they had not been informed of one for this tournament.

 

As far as player hydration is concerned head coaches need to know what is best for players days in advance. I know both teams in this case were given hydration instructions numerous times Thurs. and Friday by their coaching staffs. However, if a pitcher faces 11 batters in one inning and is on the mound for 35 minutes really not much you can do as far as staying hydrated unless he gets drinks while he is pitching.

 

This game should never have been started. With the temperature at 104 and heat index much higher someone should have stepped up and called the game. It's a game that can be played at a later date or time , or it's not the end of the world if it not played at all.

Unless wrong info was given heat index was around actual temp. But your point is well taken. In hind sight tournament should have moved the games from 3;30 to evening.

I still think a lot of these heat related instances are due to laying around in the air conditioned home. JMO. They had these hot days 15 to 20 years ago and you didn't hear of anyone going down. I do think it's up to the parents and not the coach as to whether or not your kid should play. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't DT's dad one of the coaches?

 

I agree w/ the air conditioning. I'm not a doctor, but it seems like you have to aclimate yourself to it, and you can't do that being in 75 degree central air 9 hours a day. It's happening here to me at work.