Doubt this....:laugh:

 

 

One issue not mentioned very much related to safety and cold weather....composite bats. Yes, they are expensive and not designed for use below 40 typically. This time of year I am much more concerned with a bat shearing and the barrel flying towards the infielders, who are concentrating on fielding the ball.

 

This is why it is much more dangerous than soccer, football as it relates to cold weather.

 

It's not so much shearing. The issue with the current bats and cold weather is the thin walls are prone to denting/lateral cracking in cold weather, rendering them unusable. Yes bats do occasionally break, and I've seen a few break myself. All of them in the summer months. Without even doing a google search, I can almost guarantee the number of injuries you see from broken bats in cold weather are close to zero, and there are many, many more instances of heat related problems.

 

It's far more dangerous playing in blistering heat than in the cold. Heat stroke and other heat related issues are the biggest problem facing softball/baseball players (aside from getting hit with a hard ball). Again, not saying playing in the cold is fun. It sucks. But the dangers of playing in the cold are being way overstated, if they even exist at all.

probably had a thread on this before, but would it make sense to flip the softball/baseball seasons with soccer? softball...the girls are coming off their travel teams and would seem to be in season's form...it's not as wet in the fall as it is in spring. Soccer plays in rain & cold, but when is the "peak" Select Soccer seasons?

In softball/baseball, the colder weather has so much more of an impact on the hands (batting, pitching, throwing) than it seems a soccer player would have to deal with in the same cold temperatures. But i guess the argument could be said that in the spring we really only have to deal with the cold weather occassionally...it was 60+degrees last weekend.

 

Finally! Somebody who's on board with my plan!

Did you win???

 

To be honest, don't remember, although we only lost 5 games that year (17-5).

Dateline Florence: 1:55 p.m.-----------snow flurries falling. Have fun playing tonight.

I will agree with greenandpurple, really feel bad for Coach Baynum. He and his "sidekick" BGH can't predict the weather. Appreciate all the work they put into getting this tourney together.

District Tournament starts May 18th so counting today you have 53 Days to play games which is going to be cut short with April showers!

 

This is just my opinion coming from a parent of a young lady who has graduated and we both miss the game! The season is too short already so buy a couple heaters for dugout and bundle up, do whatever you can to make them comfortable, break out the older bats and put away the $300 bats and play ball.

 

Now if you want to add a fall season or make it a fall sport which makes more sense I would be all for that! That topic has been beat to death! Could you imagine how much better teams would be coming in off summer ball or being able to practice on dirt before games actually start!

It's not so much shearing. The issue with the current bats and cold weather is the thin walls are prone to denting/lateral cracking in cold weather, rendering them unusable. Yes bats do occasionally break, and I've seen a few break myself. All of them in the summer months. Without even doing a google search, I can almost guarantee the number of injuries you see from broken bats in cold weather are close to zero, and there are many, many more instances of heat related problems.

 

It's far more dangerous playing in blistering heat than in the cold. Heat stroke and other heat related issues are the biggest problem facing softball/baseball players (aside from getting hit with a hard ball). Again, not saying playing in the cold is fun. It sucks. But the dangers of playing in the cold are being way overstated, if they even exist at all.

 

4 last spring early blown completely up, none through rest of summer.

 

Biggest difference is that the heat index is watched much more closely than the wind chill for high school sports, so we tend to get it right when it gets hot out....mostly because of the added emphasis on player safety because of heat. I don't see many people complaining about getting hurt in the cold, just that it is uncomfortable.

 

What I do know is that the trainers and coaches are not well versed in the wind chill safety measures so nobody is even watching that issue.

KHSAA Clarification on Cold Weather Play from 2013

 

03/25/13 – Clarification on Cold Weather Participation

 

March 25, 2013 Athletic Department Blog Updates

 

The office has received several calls from people asking about a “Cold Weather Index” to parallel the existing Heat Index rules and regulations. At the present time, such an index does not exist in terms of a policy to eliminate participation at certain temperature combinations. However, the NFHS Sports Medicine Committee, as part of its 4th edition Sports Medicine Handbook provided to the member schools, has set up best practices documentation and suggestions to dealing with extreme cold. The recommendations are posted on the KHSAA web site at /sportsmedicine/nfhs/coldweatherrecommendations.pdf Please feel free to use this valuable resource document. If you need additional copies of the Sports Medicine Handbook, contact Marilyn Mitchell ([email protected]) at the KHSAA offices.

KHSAA Clarification on Cold Weather Participation 2014

 

03-27-14 Cold Weather Statement for Baseball, Softball and Track

 

March 27, 2014 Athletic Department Blog Updates

 

 

Due to the ongoing cold temperatures, we have received several inquiries regarding postponing/canceling contests due to cold weather.

 

Prior to the officials assuming authority (jurisdiction) per the playing rules, it is the decision of home game management to determine whether or not a contest should be canceled or postponed due to cold temperatures. This decision should be made in consultation with all involved schools, but is ultimately the decision of the home team administration.

After a contest has started, or the officials have otherwise assumed authority per the playing rules, contest officials after consulting with coaches and home game management, shall determine whether play should be postponed or canceled.

There are rules contained in the Board of Control adopted policies in Section 32 (on page 34), relative to the payment of umpires/officials should the contest be postponed http://khsaa.org/handbook/20132014/policies.pdf.

Please feel free to contact our office if you have any additional questions. Thank you.

– KHSAA –

The KHSAA staff routinely publishes blog posts to better communicate with its various constituencies and the public. For a list of those blogs, go to Administrative Blogs | Kentucky High School Athletic Association

 

 

...anybody want to guess if the KHSAA will issue another of these this week ?

Give me a 95 degree game to don the umpire gear any day over this crap I'm heading out to tonight.

Give me a 95 degree game to don the umpire gear any day over this crap I'm heading out to tonight.

 

You'll earn every penny you're paid tonight.

You'll earn every penny you're paid tonight.

 

I keep refreshing the Arbiter to see if it's cancelled. Flurries out my window right now.

Many moons ago I was helping my buddy put on a mens tournament way down in WKY, I was umpiring and also played in it. Conflict of interest I know, but still. Anyway, it was early March and it had snowed in Murray, but not in Princeton where we were having the tournament. It was cold that day, but while playing it wasn't too bad...got up to maybe 40 during the afternoon. Later in the day after our team was eliminated I was umpiring the last 3-4 games in a row. It got down in the 20's, and it was freaking cold standing behind the plate. The loser bracket team beat the winners bracket team to force another game. Teams decided to flip a coin for the winner, neither wanted to stay around after midnight with the temps getting even colder to play.

 

With all that said...no I wouldn't want to be out there in it when that cold. CAN the game be played when it's that cold? Yes.

I keep refreshing the Arbiter to see if it's cancelled. Flurries out my window right now.

 

Welp. Game time.

 

Nose to toes.

I keep refreshing the Arbiter to see if it's cancelled. Flurries out my window right now.

 

They wouldn't call you?