Interesting that baseball won’t play during inclement weather while other sports do

[govman]

Anyone who's ever thrown a wet ball knows you have little control over where it's going.

No one wants a pitcher throwing 95+ MPH trying to control it since he could really hurt the hitter while P. Manning's wet ball wouldn't do any damage to anyone.

Not to mention a hitter trying to pickup the spin thru the rain drops while keeping the water out of his eye's and his hands semi-dry.

No way to play unless it's a really light rain.

Yea baseball just wasn't meant to be played in the rain.

and then we have Gray whining he can't grip the ball because it's too hot

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Baseball is a different sport.

[ramfandan]

Baseball is a different sport.

It sure is different . A game may be called in spring for it's too cold . Not football , soccer Some light rain and STOP the game.
It is also one of the few professional sports I can think of where the dimensions of the game are not the same. Every football field, basketball court , and soccer field have fixed dimensions. Not baseball .. each team can determine how far the outfield walls are from home plate PLUS not a symmetrical design (can have little corners , crevices, etc in the outfield too )

Baseball may also be the most complex rules of any of the major sports. The umpires know the ins and outs of the rulebook . Instances come up that the most seasoned fans do not know why the umpires ruled in a certain way . The diehard fans may watch 162 of their team's games and still don't know all the rules of the game.

[hugeCardfan]

Anyone who's ever thrown a wet ball knows you have little control over where it's going.

No one wants a pitcher throwing 95+ MPH trying to control it since he could really hurt the hitter while P. Manning's wet ball wouldn't do any damage to anyone.

Not to mention a hitter trying to pickup the spin thru the rain drops while keeping the water out of his eye's and his hands semi-dry.

No way to play unless it's a really light rain.

Yea baseball just wasn't meant to be played in the rain.

'xactly.

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Baseball is a different sport.

It sure is different . A game may be called in spring for it's too cold . Not football , soccer Some light rain and STOP the game.
It is also one of the few professional sports I can think of where the dimensions of the game are not the same. Every football field, basketball court , and soccer field have fixed dimensions. Not baseball .. each team can determine how far the outfield walls are from home plate PLUS not a symmetrical design (can have little corners , crevices, etc in the outfield too )

Baseball may also be the most complex rules of any of the major sports. The umpires know the ins and outs of the rulebook . Instances come up that the most seasoned fans do not know why the umpires ruled in a certain way . The diehard fans may watch 162 of their team's games and still don't know all the rules of the game.

So why don't you get why baseball shouldn't be played in bad weather?

[CorneliusWolfe]

Anyone who's ever thrown a wet ball knows you have little control over where it's going.

No one wants a pitcher throwing 95+ MPH trying to control it since he could really hurt the hitter while P. Manning's wet ball wouldn't do any damage to anyone.

Not to mention a hitter trying to pickup the spin thru the rain drops while keeping the water out of his eye's and his hands semi-dry.

No way to play unless it's a really light rain.

Yea baseball just wasn't meant to be played in the rain.

As much as I’d like to agree with OP, I have to say you are right.

[AnExParrot]

Anyone who's ever thrown a wet ball knows you have little control over where it's going.

No one wants a pitcher throwing 95+ MPH trying to control it since he could really hurt the hitter while P. Manning's wet ball wouldn't do any damage to anyone.

Not to mention a hitter trying to pickup the spin thru the rain drops while keeping the water out of his eye's and his hands semi-dry.

No way to play unless it's a really light rain.

Yea baseball just wasn't meant to be played in the rain.

Golf is another game that doesn't tolerate rain well . Have played in it when light and steady .. that's why they make 2 man golf umbrellas. The problem in golf is that if raining too hard , the greens can't take the water too long and since they are undulating puddles emerge and then you can't putt the ball thru the water. Scary part for golf is that some goofballs wont leave the course when thunder/lightning in area . several golfers every year get zapped out on courses.

True story ! I worked as ranger at our course . Lightning thunderstorm was moving into our area . Pro asked us to 'clear the course' .. Would drive sounding the air horns . Came upon one hole and I sounded the horn driving up to guy in fairway ready to hit his 2nd shot to green.
Hey ,sir , we need you to stop play and head into the clubhouse now .. Lightning in the area .
Guy replies 'Can't I just finish this hole and go in ? I looked at him .. Sir, do this consider your next show landed on the green and you 2 putted for par. Put that on your scorecard and drive in . We want you to be able to come back and play another day.

Oh OK he said , Yeah, I will take my par and go ! Thanks !
I thought Oh boy ! It worked .
The worse ones were guys who were 'bosses' at their workplace. were not the types to have anyone else tell them what to do .

Golfs not a sport...it's a game

George Carlin said the same about baseball.

[scoutyjones2]

Anyone who's ever thrown a wet ball knows you have little control over where it's going.

No one wants a pitcher throwing 95+ MPH trying to control it since he could really hurt the hitter while P. Manning's wet ball wouldn't do any damage to anyone.

Not to mention a hitter trying to pickup the spin thru the rain drops while keeping the water out of his eye's and his hands semi-dry.

No way to play unless it's a really light rain.

Yea baseball just wasn't meant to be played in the rain.

Golf is another game that doesn't tolerate rain well . Have played in it when light and steady .. that's why they make 2 man golf umbrellas. The problem in golf is that if raining too hard , the greens can't take the water too long and since they are undulating puddles emerge and then you can't putt the ball thru the water. Scary part for golf is that some goofballs wont leave the course when thunder/lightning in area . several golfers every year get zapped out on courses.

True story ! I worked as ranger at our course . Lightning thunderstorm was moving into our area . Pro asked us to 'clear the course' .. Would drive sounding the air horns . Came upon one hole and I sounded the horn driving up to guy in fairway ready to hit his 2nd shot to green.
Hey ,sir , we need you to stop play and head into the clubhouse now .. Lightning in the area .
Guy replies 'Can't I just finish this hole and go in ? I looked at him .. Sir, do this consider your next show landed on the green and you 2 putted for par. Put that on your scorecard and drive in . We want you to be able to come back and play another day.

Oh OK he said , Yeah, I will take my par and go ! Thanks !
I thought Oh boy ! It worked .
The worse ones were guys who were 'bosses' at their workplace. were not the types to have anyone else tell them what to do .

Golfs not a sport...it's a game

George Carlin said the same about baseball.

He's not wrong.

[sikeston bulldog2]

Anyone who's ever thrown a wet ball knows you have little control over where it's going.

No one wants a pitcher throwing 95+ MPH trying to control it since he could really hurt the hitter while P. Manning's wet ball wouldn't do any damage to anyone.

Not to mention a hitter trying to pickup the spin thru the rain drops while keeping the water out of his eye's and his hands semi-dry.

No way to play unless it's a really light rain.

Yea baseball just wasn't meant to be played in the rain.

I was playing very low-level rec slow-pitch. Raining cats and dogs. The aluminum bat slupt (we’ll see if anyone remembers this) and nearly hit the third-baseman. Too dangerous when very wet. Different from soccer which I played collegiately and refereed for forty years.

Forty years. Let me ask you. Why do high schools in Louisiana play their soccer from November -February, coldest and wettest part of year.

Complete misery and agony watching my kids in 35 degree and light rain.

[sikeston bulldog2]

Anyone who's ever thrown a wet ball knows you have little control over where it's going.

No one wants a pitcher throwing 95+ MPH trying to control it since he could really hurt the hitter while P. Manning's wet ball wouldn't do any damage to anyone.

Not to mention a hitter trying to pickup the spin thru the rain drops while keeping the water out of his eye's and his hands semi-dry.

No way to play unless it's a really light rain.

Yea baseball just wasn't meant to be played in the rain.

Golf is another game that doesn't tolerate rain well . Have played in it when light and steady .. that's why they make 2 man golf umbrellas. The problem in golf is that if raining too hard , the greens can't take the water too long and since they are undulating puddles emerge and then you can't putt the ball thru the water. Scary part for golf is that some goofballs wont leave the course when thunder/lightning in area . several golfers every year get zapped out on courses.

True story ! I worked as ranger at our course . Lightning thunderstorm was moving into our area . Pro asked us to 'clear the course' .. Would drive sounding the air horns . Came upon one hole and I sounded the horn driving up to guy in fairway ready to hit his 2nd shot to green.
Hey ,sir , we need you to stop play and head into the clubhouse now .. Lightning in the area .
Guy replies 'Can't I just finish this hole and go in ? I looked at him .. Sir, do this consider your next show landed on the green and you 2 putted for par. Put that on your scorecard and drive in . We want you to be able to come back and play another day.

Oh OK he said , Yeah, I will take my par and go ! Thanks !
I thought Oh boy ! It worked .
The worse ones were guys who were 'bosses' at their workplace. were not the types to have anyone else tell them what to do .

Golfs not a sport...it's a game

George Carlin said the same about baseball.

Wasn’t that his bit on baseball verse football?

[AnExParrot]

Anyone who's ever thrown a wet ball knows you have little control over where it's going.

No one wants a pitcher throwing 95+ MPH trying to control it since he could really hurt the hitter while P. Manning's wet ball wouldn't do any damage to anyone.

Not to mention a hitter trying to pickup the spin thru the rain drops while keeping the water out of his eye's and his hands semi-dry.

No way to play unless it's a really light rain.

Yea baseball just wasn't meant to be played in the rain.

Golf is another game that doesn't tolerate rain well . Have played in it when light and steady .. that's why they make 2 man golf umbrellas. The problem in golf is that if raining too hard , the greens can't take the water too long and since they are undulating puddles emerge and then you can't putt the ball thru the water. Scary part for golf is that some goofballs wont leave the course when thunder/lightning in area . several golfers every year get zapped out on courses.

True story ! I worked as ranger at our course . Lightning thunderstorm was moving into our area . Pro asked us to 'clear the course' .. Would drive sounding the air horns . Came upon one hole and I sounded the horn driving up to guy in fairway ready to hit his 2nd shot to green.
Hey ,sir , we need you to stop play and head into the clubhouse now .. Lightning in the area .
Guy replies 'Can't I just finish this hole and go in ? I looked at him .. Sir, do this consider your next show landed on the green and you 2 putted for par. Put that on your scorecard and drive in . We want you to be able to come back and play another day.

Oh OK he said , Yeah, I will take my par and go ! Thanks !
I thought Oh boy ! It worked .
The worse ones were guys who were 'bosses' at their workplace. were not the types to have anyone else tell them what to do .

Golfs not a sport...it's a game

George Carlin said the same about baseball.

Wasn’t that his bit on baseball verse football?

Could have been, what I remember most about that bit was he wanted to put landmines in the outfield to make the game more interesting.

[sikeston bulldog2]

Anyone who's ever thrown a wet ball knows you have little control over where it's going.

No one wants a pitcher throwing 95+ MPH trying to control it since he could really hurt the hitter while P. Manning's wet ball wouldn't do any damage to anyone.

Not to mention a hitter trying to pickup the spin thru the rain drops while keeping the water out of his eye's and his hands semi-dry.

No way to play unless it's a really light rain.

Yea baseball just wasn't meant to be played in the rain.

Golf is another game that doesn't tolerate rain well . Have played in it when light and steady .. that's why they make 2 man golf umbrellas. The problem in golf is that if raining too hard , the greens can't take the water too long and since they are undulating puddles emerge and then you can't putt the ball thru the water. Scary part for golf is that some goofballs wont leave the course when thunder/lightning in area . several golfers every year get zapped out on courses.

True story ! I worked as ranger at our course . Lightning thunderstorm was moving into our area . Pro asked us to 'clear the course' .. Would drive sounding the air horns . Came upon one hole and I sounded the horn driving up to guy in fairway ready to hit his 2nd shot to green.
Hey ,sir , we need you to stop play and head into the clubhouse now .. Lightning in the area .
Guy replies 'Can't I just finish this hole and go in ? I looked at him .. Sir, do this consider your next show landed on the green and you 2 putted for par. Put that on your scorecard and drive in . We want you to be able to come back and play another day.

Oh OK he said , Yeah, I will take my par and go ! Thanks !
I thought Oh boy ! It worked .
The worse ones were guys who were 'bosses' at their workplace. were not the types to have anyone else tell them what to do .

Golfs not a sport...it's a game

George Carlin said the same about baseball.

Wasn’t that his bit on baseball verse football?

Could have been, what I remember most about that bit was he wanted to put landmines in the outfield to make the game more interesting.

Yea his thing was comparing the bludgeoned nature of football as it compares to the delicacy of baseball.

[butsir01]

Anyone who's ever thrown a wet ball knows you have little control over where it's going.

No one wants a pitcher throwing 95+ MPH trying to control it since he could really hurt the hitter while P. Manning's wet ball wouldn't do any damage to anyone.

Not to mention a hitter trying to pickup the spin thru the rain drops while keeping the water out of his eye's and his hands semi-dry.

No way to play unless it's a really light rain.

Yea baseball just wasn't meant to be played in the rain.

I was playing very low-level rec slow-pitch. Raining cats and dogs. The aluminum bat slupt (we’ll see if anyone remembers this) and nearly hit the third-baseman. Too dangerous when very wet. Different from soccer which I played collegiately and refereed for forty years.

Forty years. Let me ask you. Why do high schools in Louisiana play their soccer from November -February, coldest and wettest part of year.

Complete misery and agony watching my kids in 35 degree and light rain.

Good morning, Dawg. Good question. In Ohio, girls and boys played August through early November, the traditional months. When I was a kid in Saint Louis, only had boys’ soccer (1960s), and they played from two weeks after the end of American football through March. The preceding is context.
Currently in Missouri, boys play in the fall and girls in the spring. In that way, girls can play softball in the fall, when weather is more predictable, i.e., August-November, and soccer from February onward.
My best understanding as to why Louisiana plays February onward is that it is just too hot to play down there in August and September and that softball has a better chance weather-wise in the fall. Other southern and southwestern states play like Louisiana does for like reasons
When I grew up in Saint Louis, there was no organized youth soccer during the summer, because it was too hot. I hope this was helpful.

[sikeston bulldog2]

Anyone who's ever thrown a wet ball knows you have little control over where it's going.

No one wants a pitcher throwing 95+ MPH trying to control it since he could really hurt the hitter while P. Manning's wet ball wouldn't do any damage to anyone.

Not to mention a hitter trying to pickup the spin thru the rain drops while keeping the water out of his eye's and his hands semi-dry.

No way to play unless it's a really light rain.

Yea baseball just wasn't meant to be played in the rain.

I was playing very low-level rec slow-pitch. Raining cats and dogs. The aluminum bat slupt (we’ll see if anyone remembers this) and nearly hit the third-baseman. Too dangerous when very wet. Different from soccer which I played collegiately and refereed for forty years.

Forty years. Let me ask you. Why do high schools in Louisiana play their soccer from November -February, coldest and wettest part of year.

Complete misery and agony watching my kids in 35 degree and light rain.

Good morning, Dawg. Good question. In Ohio, girls and boys played August through early November, the traditional months. When I was a kid in Saint Louis, only had boys’ soccer (1960s), and they played from two weeks after the end of American football through March. The preceding is context.
Currently in Missouri, boys play in the fall and girls in the spring. In that way, girls can play softball in the fall, when weather is more predictable, i.e., August-November, and soccer from February onward.
My best understanding as to why Louisiana plays February onward is that it is just too hot to play down there in August and September and that softball has a better chance weather-wise in the fall. Other southern and southwestern states play like Louisiana does for like reasons
When I grew up in Saint Louis, there was no organized youth soccer during the summer, because it was too hot. I hope this was helpful.

Let me add some context. I believe here it’s because as you noted, softball here plays in spring. So that’s a no go for soccer.

What the issue here is football- meaning many teams use the football field as there soccer field, and the two don’t mix. So we wait till football ends.

However, once you have seen your kids spend a tournament day in the frost in shorts and short sleeves, no snivel gear, frozen on a lip sided scoring gane, it makes you wonder who’s watching.

[ramfandan]

Anyone who's ever thrown a wet ball knows you have little control over where it's going.

No one wants a pitcher throwing 95+ MPH trying to control it since he could really hurt the hitter while P. Manning's wet ball wouldn't do any damage to anyone.

Not to mention a hitter trying to pickup the spin thru the rain drops while keeping the water out of his eye's and his hands semi-dry.

No way to play unless it's a really light rain.

Yea baseball just wasn't meant to be played in the rain.

I was playing very low-level rec slow-pitch. Raining cats and dogs. The aluminum bat slupt (we’ll see if anyone remembers this) and nearly hit the third-baseman. Too dangerous when very wet. Different from soccer which I played collegiately and refereed for forty years.

Forty years. Let me ask you. Why do high schools in Louisiana play their soccer from November -February, coldest and wettest part of year.

Complete misery and agony watching my kids in 35 degree and light rain.

Why do they play soccer between Nov.- Feb. ? just a wild guess ... because the football coaches want their games to be played from Aug. thru Oct. when the weather is warmer ? More attendance from fans in milder temps ?

[sikeston bulldog2]

Anyone who's ever thrown a wet ball knows you have little control over where it's going.

No one wants a pitcher throwing 95+ MPH trying to control it since he could really hurt the hitter while P. Manning's wet ball wouldn't do any damage to anyone.

Not to mention a hitter trying to pickup the spin thru the rain drops while keeping the water out of his eye's and his hands semi-dry.

No way to play unless it's a really light rain.

Yea baseball just wasn't meant to be played in the rain.

I was playing very low-level rec slow-pitch. Raining cats and dogs. The aluminum bat slupt (we’ll see if anyone remembers this) and nearly hit the third-baseman. Too dangerous when very wet. Different from soccer which I played collegiately and refereed for forty years.

Forty years. Let me ask you. Why do high schools in Louisiana play their soccer from November -February, coldest and wettest part of year.

Complete misery and agony watching my kids in 35 degree and light rain.

Why do they play soccer between Nov.- Feb. ? just a wild guess ... because the football coaches want their games to be played from Aug. thru Oct. when the weather is warmer ? More attendance from fans in milder temps ?

Here in my town it is football. Not so much the money, but the field. Coaches say soccer tears up field. I don’t think so.

Turf field schools seem to start earlier.