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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.

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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)

 
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

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.

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