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Tuesday
July 20,
2010
as of 3:35pm
All
fields are available for all-star practices.
Parents in the
stands
and players on the benches:
PLEASE
use the trash barrels to dispose of refuse. We shouldn't have to
go to the park each morning and find trash everywhere. Do not drop trash under the
bleachers or on the ground. Take it to the receptacle nearby.
Players clean out the dugouts as you leave.
THANK YOU
"Leave it better than you found it."
PLEASE, pick up the bases at
the end of the evening, EXCEPT ON FRIDAY NIGHTS. Thank you.
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Please stay off the wet fields.
We do not want to see this again.
Thank you.
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Lightning
Detection System
(click
for more details)
Please remember that the LDS is an early warning
system, detecting and warning of dangerous lightning conditions moving
into the area. It detects lightning that is 10 to 30 miles away
and is moving toward Dublin. It is designed to give you a head
start on getting out of the way of dangerous conditions.
It is an early warning system, not a detector of
common sense. If you see lightning and the alarm has not gone
off, chances are it is within 10 miles. The siren will not sound
if the lightning is within 10 miles. Use common sense. If
you see lightning, please get the players and spectators to a safe
location.
For the technically curious, the system has two
possible settings: zero to 10 miles and 10 to 30 miles.
Since most lightning within 10 miles can be seen and the thunder
heard, the system is set up with the 10 to 30 mile choice to be an
early warning system, rather than a confirmation of what your senses
tell you.
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Want to help after it rains?
Best thing you can do is stay off the
fields until pronounced playable. They look dry in some places, but
trust me, all is not as it appears. When you sink in you create an
unnecessary delay as that will have to be repaired before we start.
Please stay off the fields following rain. If we are to have any chance to play after it rains, we need the fields to dry flat.
Please call the 777-2222 x 7246 number before leaving home to make sure
conditions have not changed
Can also call
777-2222 x RAIN (7246)
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A word about this service. It is maintained by
volunteers and updated on days when weather is in question or threatens to
affect games or practices. If weather is not a factor, the page may
not be changed every day.
When the web site cannot be changed, please check the InPhoNet
rainline
777-2222 x 7246
Just a note about the rainline: It is a
computerized message center and we cannot change
the message when the file is in use, i.e. you are listening to it. We try to change it
between 3:30 and 4:00 pm on weekdays. Please wait until after 4:00
pm to call so we can put the latest information on the message board for
everyone's benefit. Thank you.
Will do our best
to change the rainline. Otherwise,
common sense prevails.
777-2222 x RAIN (7246)
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Please remember to pick up bases and put them by the
benches at Avery Park fields only. Please leave the bases down at
the school fields. Thank you.
And, please, turn out the lights when you are finished
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Announcements are scheduled to appear here at
4:00 pm on Monday through Friday and at 10:00 a.m. on Saturdays when weather
conditions threaten events. Pardon me
if on some days I am late posting. I will do my best to change the page on
time, but sometimes the system is unavailable to accept changes when we need it
and sometimes I can't get to a computer in time. You may also call 777-2222 x RAIN (7246) for the same information,
with the same caveat - the system sometimes is down and unable to accept
changes.
Baseball/Softball
DYA's agreement with Dublin Parks and Recreation and the Dublin City Schools provides
use of over 30 fields for our programs so long as we cooperate with their call of
cancelled ("rained out") activity and do not attempt to play or practice when
cancellations have been announced. Please cooperate and do not attempt to remove
water, wet dirt, or other field materials from the fields under any conditions.
Stay off wet fields. Walking on wet fields leaves footprints that dry hard and
create unsafe playing conditions when fields dry out and would otherwise become playable.
The best thing you can do to help with rainouts is done on a
dry day. After your game is over push some dry dirt into to holes created
at the batter's box and in front of the pitcher's plate. Sprinkle some left over
water from players' water jugs onto the repaired area. If the hole is filled it
cannot collect as much water when it does rain. Five minutes of maintenance may
prevent a rainout for the next team. The most frustrating rainout for players and
coaches is the one that occurs on a sunny day that dries everything but a big hole.
Thank you.
Never sweep water onto outfield grass. This practice only serves to deepen the
low spots for the next time it rains as well as kill the outfield grass once it dries,
creating a larger infield surface to maintain.
How to rake a field
Everybody knows how to rake a field, but somehow it seems to get done backwards at some
fields. One weekend, for example, someone took a shovel to dig a new hole to get
dry dirt. Filled in the batter's box nicely, but guess what filled next time it
rained....
The object is to fill in a wet spot or low spot. Work (rake loose) some dirt from
high areas and brush or pull it back to the hole/low/wet area. Work it into the low
area gradually. It will absorb excess wetness and then firm up as the day goes
on.
High spots are where the dirt is dry (not necessarily obvious). By filling in the
hole/low area, it does two things - gives the players a dry area on which to stand and
helps reduce the chance of rainout due to puddles the next time is rains.
DO NOT pull wet dirt out of a hole. This only serves to make the hole bigger and
a bigger problem the next time it rains - around here, that may be tomorrow.
Policy on use of City of
Dublin's lightning detection system.
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