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Thursday

August 14, 2008



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 Please stay off the wet fields. 
We do not want to see this again. 
Thank you.

 

Lightning Detection System
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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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Travel Softball Tryouts are on as scheduled today.  Will post ASAP if weather dictates postponement.

 

Equipment Return Starts July 19th

 

Fall baseball SignUps underway

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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)

Weather Policy for Basketball

Whenever weather threatens, here are the guidelines used to determine whether DYA basketball will be played or cancelled.

First, we will check with the Ohio Highway Patrol early in the morning.  If there are warnings to stay off the roads, we will cancel.  Otherwise, games are on as scheduled. 

Custodians do a terrific job of clearing the sidewalks, and the City of Dublin does an outstanding job with the streets.  Please leave in plenty of time to arrive safely. 

Also, players please carry your court shoes into the gyms.  All persons should wipe their feet dry so as not to track moisture onto the courts.

Second, if conditions change during the course of the day and an OHP warning is issued, the web page and the phone lines will be updated.  777-2222 x 7246 (RAIN)

If conditions change, we will post an update at the 777-2222 x 7246 number first, then get to the website.
 

 
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

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/Tee-Ball

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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Basketball

Information about basketball snow days will appear here during basketball season.  As a general rule, whenever school is cancelled or students are sent home early from school, gyms are not available that evening and practices are cancelled.  On the weekends if a snow emergency exists in the City, games will be cancelled.  Please note that the fact that school may be closed on a Friday and Friday practices are cancelled does not necessarily mean Saturday or Sunday games are cancelled.  Please check here first or call the DYA weather line at 777-2222 x 7246 after 8:30 am.

Weather Policy for Basketball

Whenever weather threatens, as could be the case Saturday, here are the guidelines used to determine whether DYA basketball will be played or cancelled.

First, we will check with the Ohio Highway Patrol early in the morning.  If there are warnings to stay off the roads, we will cancel.  Otherwise, games are on as scheduled. 

Custodians do a terrific job of clearing the sidewalks, and the City of Dublin does an outstanding job with the streets.  Please leave in plenty of time to arrive safely. 

Also, players please carry your court shoes into the gyms.  All persons should wipe their feet dry so as not to track moisture onto the courts.

Second, if conditions change during the course of the day and an OHP warning is issued, the web page and the phone lines will be updated.  777-2222 x 7246 (RAIN)

 

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