"I think the moral of the story is never to call ball in Alaska."

[Rulekeep]

[udbrky]

"FML" 

- every person in this picture.

 

I love the coffee too

Edited December 21, 2016 by udbrky
Maybe it's whiskey

[gnhbua93]

The helmet/hat tops it off

[grayhawk]

Since it's Alaska, I'm sure someone is already trying to make a "reality" show about this.   They've made shows for pretty much everything else to do with Alaska.

[lawump]

I'm thinking that that's alcohol in the umpire's cup because I'd have to be drunk to allow a game to take place...at any level, much less little league...in those conditions.  I hope the umpire(s) have their liability insurance policies up-to-date. 

[MadMax]

The umpire is doing it wrong. The coffee cup (spiked with "something special", ala @lawump) goes in the left hand, thus freeing up the right hand to make mechanics and calls... and stay in the pocket otherwise.

There probably isn't a bag as we know it at the bottom of that splash. I envision it being one of those orange rubber-vinyl bases that were used in gym class, thrown down in some sort of diamond shape, and when you played indoor kickball (Wisconsin, folks... lots of stuff indoors), would soon be moving in accordance to "team" shenanigans.

Is that even a baseball? I'm thinking in conditions like that, a croquet ball is even going to get soaked. Raquetball? Lacrosse ball? Rawlings or Diamond or Wilson have to be making a special kind of ball for you hardy folks up there in the Last Frontier.

[conbo61]

Its not a coffee cup.  Its an Alaskan indicator.

[Rulekeep]

8 hours ago, lawump said:

I'm thinking that that's alcohol in the umpire's cup because I'd have to be drunk to allow a game to take place...at any level, much less little league...in those conditions.  I hope the umpire(s) have their liability insurance policies up-to-date. 

I'm thinking it's alcohol in that umpires cup because I know that umpire. 

[Rulekeep]

6 hours ago, MadMax said:

The umpire is doing it wrong. The coffee cup (spiked with "something special", ala @lawump) goes in the left hand, thus freeing up the right hand to make mechanics and calls... and stay in the pocket otherwise.

There probably isn't a bag as we know it at the bottom of that splash. I envision it being one of those orange rubber-vinyl bases that were used in gym class, thrown down in some sort of diamond shape, and when you played indoor kickball (Wisconsin, folks... lots of stuff indoors), would soon be moving in accordance to "team" shenanigans.

Is that even a baseball? I'm thinking in conditions like that, a croquet ball is even going to get soaked. Raquetball? Lacrosse ball? Rawlings or Diamond or Wilson have to be making a special kind of ball for you hardy folks up there in the Last Frontier.

It IS a base, crazily enough. And we use normal baseballs, we just change them every play and the batboy has to wring them out in the dugout. 

[Rulekeep]

Another picture from this series because I like watching y'all squirm. (That's second.)

[Stk004]

18 minutes ago, Rulekeep said:

Another picture from this series because I like watching y'all squirm. (That's second.)

What if instead of having batters run, after they hit they get in a kyak and race around the diamond?

[udbrky]

Well the alaskan team >>>>> ROW

[Rulekeep]

16 hours ago, Stk004 said:

What if instead of having batters run, after they hit they get in a kyak and race around the diamond?

kyak

[Stk004]

4 minutes ago, Rulekeep said:

kyak

Kayak. My bad. 

[umpstu]

22 hours ago, Rulekeep said:

I'm thinking it's alcohol in that umpires cup because I know that umpire. 

Good to see you on here. Merry Christmas.

[ScubaUmp]

My wife and I are planning to get up to Alaska, I will let you know when we are heading that way. I love umpiring, but love coffee more!!!!!

You guys should really petition LL National for some of that ESPN money for field maintenance/drainage.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!! 

 

 

[Aging_Arbiter]

@ScubaUmpThess pictures looked like a WONDERFUL place for a "Scuba" Ump.............

[Rulekeep]

4 hours ago, ScubaUmp said:

My wife and I are planning to get up to Alaska, I will let you know when we are heading that way. I love umpiring, but love coffee more!!!!!

You guys should really petition LL National for some of that ESPN money for field maintenance/drainage.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!! 

 

 

Don't drink the local coffee, it's disgusting. The coffee shacks are way better than the coffeehouses. Also, don't come in early July or late August (that's when those photos were taken) 

[Rulekeep]

13 hours ago, umpstu said:

Good to see you on here. Merry Christmas.

You have a knack for unpopular opinions. Merry Christmas. 

[Rulekeep]

19 hours ago, Stk004 said:

Kayak. My bad. 

if/when you come up here I'll put you in a kyak and we'll go out to admirlty islnd

[BT_Blue]

On Thu Dec 22 2016 at 2:45 PM, Rulekeep said:

kyak

I feel this still works. Lol

[Rulekeep]

2 hours ago, BT_Blue said:

I feel this still works. Lol

kyak sounds like a special type of vomiting.