PIAA (PA HS) Baseball Rainouts.....

[therefump]

Wow,

We're getting so backed up here in games for PA High Schools in the Southeast (Philly area) that teams are going to start getting stuck for pitching if they don't have the depth. Some schools could be playing more than 5 games in a week if we get total rainouts this Monday and Tuesday as predicted.:smachhead:

[Umpire in Chief]

Knock on wood we're pretty caught up after a a rough start to the season.

[therefump]

Knock on wood we're pretty caught up after a a rough start to the season.

I thought you folks needed the rain worse than us?:smachhead:

[eagle_12]

Northwest PA- I lost 9 out of 12 dates to start the year with rain and snow, but have got most of them in last week, minus a day due to rain. My assignor/chapter lost 66 games from a Wed. to Wed. due to rain. Each now has to get made up on top of all the ones that were already lost.

Ive had make-ups get pushed back due to the need to fulfill another make-up from earlier in the season. It was a big mess as things were going on, and Im getting a call every night to fill in holes.

[Umpire in Chief]

I haven't seen/heard any complaints around here from the farmers. I'm heading down to my family's farm/ orchard outside of Charlotte this weekend for my grandmothers 90th birthday Saturday, then will be in SC Sunday to see my mom for mother's day. I'm sure by the time I return Sunday night I'll have had my fill of agrarian talk for the year. Not to mention a million reminders of Warren you've got so much land, you need to have a garden and should should grow ....

I cant keep the little flower bed infront of my house maintained much less take the time and effort to till up some land that would need extra attention. Although fresh fruits and veggies would be pretty nice.

[Stan W.]

Southwest Pa. is rainout city as well....10 of 19 dates for me rained out so far.....and I am expecting a V/JV DH to be cancelled for today as well.......heavy rain this am....

[mstaylor]

I'm doing a rainout this afternoon that doesn't look good.

[LMSANS]

I lost 3 out of 6 over the weekend and expect tonight to follow. That will make 21 cancellations since the season started. The most cancels I've had in a year is 26 (that includes football). We'll be setting a new record this year. And I don't get the makeup!

[Stan W.]

DH cancelled for today......that adds 2 more......Look out MST...its heading your way...

[Umpire in Chief]

Keep your stuff up there. I'm finally getting some continuous work and am scheduled straight through to Friday. The forecast for the rest of the week is scattered rain and T-storms. As long as they're scattered elsewhere.

[therefump]

OMG.................How's May going 0 for 6 assignments so far. Even though most of this crap is allegedly moving NE and out of the SE Philly area I still see tomorrow as a washout. Arrrrrrgggg. Worse, this is really jamming up the High Schools in this area. :banghead:This is going to make for some outlandish games down the road when they're playing 5-6 a week to make up before playoffs start. :(

[therefump]

I lost 3 out of 6 over the weekend and expect tonight to follow. That will make 21 cancellations since the season started. The most cancels I've had in a year is 26 (that includes football). We'll be setting a new record this year. And I don't get the makeup!

Hey Larry,

The rain is on it's way to you!

Roy

[Umpire in Chief]

Keep your stuff up there. I'm finally getting some continuous work and am scheduled straight through to Friday. The forecast for the rest of the week is scattered rain and T-storms. As long as they're scattered elsewhere.

About 20 min after I made this post the skys darkened and we got a quick but nasty T-Storm. Within half an hour I got an email letting me know the game was cancelled and it wasn't even scheduled till 7:00 tonight. Now that storm passed its been overcast but very little rain we should at least be attempting to get it in.

[willv28]

We've been lucky no rain outs, just game canceled due to not enough players for a team and games moved for dances and stuff...

[okump96]

i lost 4 juco dh the past two weekends in oklahoma. those were the only dates i lost on my schedule.

[LMSANS]

Hey Larry,

The rain is on it's way to you!

Roy

Tonight's gone and tomorrow isn't looking good.

I hope Wednesday survives, I have the plate for a V game at the minor league stadium...always neat to work there.

[therefump]

Tonight's gone and tomorrow isn't looking good.

I hope Wednesday survives, I have the plate for a V game at the minor league stadium...always neat to work there.

I had a game scheduled at Villanova University field today for a varsity game that was rained out. Nice field. I know what you mean.

Roy:crybaby2:

[softballump0421]

you baseball guys are not the only ones getting rained on, myself included i'm a softballump from NEPA and we are getting hit real hard with all this rain up here. I've already lost 3 Varsity games from last Friday til Today and I have games this week all the way til Saturday and of these games 2 are Varsity, 3 are JV's. League playoff games are suppose to start next Monday here and the weather doesn't look good for tommorrow, thursday, friday and saturday. PIAA is going to have to push back Districts and States. High Schools don't play on Sundays here. So, I know how you baseball umpires feel here in PA.

[Stan W.]

I had a game scheduled at Villanova University field today for a varsity game that was rained out. Nice field. I know what you mean.

Roy:crybaby2:

agree agreee..........hard enough to lose the games on the cow pastures that I often get assigned...but I lost my one and only game on the local Minor league field......dressing rooms, locker room attendent...just point at the ball boy and he brings you 2 pearls.....:agasp_:

[LMSANS]

agree agreee..........hard enough to lose the games on the cow pastures that I often get assigned...but I lost my one and only game on the local Minor league field......dressing rooms, locker room attendent...just point at the ball boy and he brings you 2 pearls.....

:wow:WOW...you get to use the locker rooms!!!!!!!

We still dress in the parking lot. I just love the fact that the grass and the dirt are on the same level. I don't have to jump over the "rim" at the edge of the grass.:HD:

[therefump]

:wow:WOW...you get to use the locker rooms!!!!!!!

We still dress in the parking lot. I just love the fact that the grass and the dirt are on the same level. I don't have to jump over the "rim" at the edge of the grass.

Lucky you. I am now up to 7 games canceled due to the monsoon season that's upon us. Is anyone building an ark in the middle Atlantic States.....I just want to make sure that when they get the grazing area built it's big enough for a ball field.

This absolutely SUCKS

I hear that the "sun" (I use that term loosely) may make an appearance tomorrow but that'll bring the T-storms. :clap:

[RWPatten]

In Oklahoma where we have begged some years for rain, the rain won't stop. It has rained every day for 5 days. The playoffs for schools here are getting all kinds of messed up. It is supposed to stop tonight and be dry for a couple of days. I guess we will see.

[therefump]

In Oklahoma where we have begged some years for rain, the rain won't stop. It has rained every day for 5 days. The playoffs for schools here are getting all kinds of messed up. It is supposed to stop tonight and be dry for a couple of days. I guess we will see.

Funny you mention that it's been raining there. One of the TV stations here in SE Pennsylvania specifically pointed out that all of our rain has been coming from OK and that the "last" storm was headed our way from OK today so we should be past the monsoon season in 2 days. We are so screwed on our remaining games.......playoffs have got to be pushed back.:clap:

[mstaylor]

I was the only one in my area to get a complete game in today. We started and got a pretty good rain in the second that if lasted another 10 minutes would have made us unplayable. We put a bag of turfus on the mound and finished. The funny thing was the softball field on the other side of the school rained out. I told my partner it must have rained harder over there.

[LMSANS]

:WTF Today makes it 24 out of 53 cancelled.

:BD: