Weekly Baseball Weather Thread

is the astro dome available?

They are going to have to be very creative to get the games in this weekend. We do not want to have a home series washed out. I don't like this at all.

God is punishing them for being hippies

What would happen IF the series got rained out? Would we just lose these games? That would not be good.

That is not good at all.

UK and A&M had to wait until last day and only played 2 7 inning games this past weekend
rain outs happen in sec play but if it's not raining the field drains pretty quick and they will do everything they can to get them in

The topic and timing of this melt is horrible... but not surprising considering the OP

How many times this year have we moved a game because we thought the weather would suck, only for it to turn out fine? I'm not too worried about this yet.

I don't know all the makeup rules, but we saw it in action with the A&M/UK series. Got rained out for 2 days, and had to play 2 7-inning games on the last day. I feel like we'll find a way to play at least 2 no matter what, hopefully all 3 if we get enough breaks.

2015 SEC Inclement Weather Policy

1. If a game is suspended/postponed on Day One or Day Two, the game shall be completed from the point of interruption on the following day prior to the regularly scheduled game. In the event the regularly scheduled game is televised, the suspended/ postponed game may be rescheduled, in consultation with the conference office, prior to, or following, the regularly scheduled game, whichever allows the best opportunity to complete such game without interruption.

2. For games televised on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU – If a game is suspended/postponed on Day One or Day Two, and the regularly scheduled Day Two/ Day Three game is televised by ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU, the regularly scheduled televised Day Two/Day Three game must start at its published start time. If a suspended/postponed game is resumed/started prior to the start of the regularly scheduled televised game, that game must be stopped after the completion of a full inning one hour prior to the start of the scheduled televised game and resumed following the completion of the regularly scheduled televised game. Length of Games and Sunday Departure Policies are presented below.

For games televised on the SEC Network - If a game is suspended/postponed on Day One or Day Two, and the regularly scheduled Day Two/ Day Three game is televised by the SEC Network, best efforts should be made to start the regularly scheduled televised game on the SEC Network at its published start time. A suspended/ postponed game may be resumed/started prior to the start of a regularly scheduled televised game, and completed without interruption, if such game begins/resumes at a time which provides the regularly scheduled televised game a reasonable chance of starting at its published time. If a resumed/rescheduled game begins on the SEC Network and runs into a regularly scheduled televised game time, the resumed/rescheduled game should be completed without interruption. Depending on the circumstance, the resumed/rescheduled game or the regularly scheduled game may begin/end on the SEC Network Alternate Channel or on SEC Network+. Length of Games and Sunday Departure Policies are presented below.

3. Length of Games
A. All games played on Friday and Saturday should be scheduled for nine innings. If a suspended game is resumed on Sunday, the regularly scheduled game shall be seven innings.
B. If weather prevents playing both the Friday and Saturday games, or if the Saturday game does not begin because of rain, there shall be two seven-inning games on Sunday. If a Friday game is suspended and no games are played on Saturday, the suspended game shall be resumed on Sunday, followed by a seven-inning game.
C. If a suspended game is unable to be completed because of inclement weather and has reached official game status (five innings or more per NCAA Rule 5.8), it shall be declared a game.
D. Once a suspended game is resumed, the game shall be complete if one team has a lead of 10 or more runs after seven innings of play (NCAA Rule 5.8).

4. Restart Times
A. In the event of rain on Friday or Saturday, no game may start after 10:00 p.m. local time or resume after midnight local time.
B. In the event of a rain-delay prior to the beginning of play on Sunday, the game must begin at least two hours and thirty minutes prior to the visiting team’s scheduled departure time from the field, but no later than 4:00 p.m. local time to avoid a rain out of the game. (See Departure Time of this section.)
C. If the game begins and is delayed (Sunday game), it must resume by 6:00 p.m. local time to avoid a rain out of the game.

5. Travel Considerations
A. In all instances, departure time takes priority. A team may not stay over until Monday to begin or complete a game or series.
B. In the event the visiting team is not scheduled to leave the host city until Monday and there are no prior travel limitations for the game’s umpires that would dictate departure to enact these deadlines, with Conference approval, it would be permissible to waive the 4:00 p.m. deadline for the start of a game and a 6:00 p.m. deadline for the resumption of the game.

6. Authority to Play Doubleheaders
A. If weather forecasts on Friday or Saturday morning call for a high occurrence of inclement weather on Sunday, the home team with approval of the visiting team may request permission from the Conference office to play a doubleheader on Saturday.
B. Approval of a prospective Saturday doubleheader would be given no earlier than Saturday morning
and shall be limited to circumstances where there is a high likelihood that weather will not permit a game to be played on the final day of the series. This does not apply for possible inclement weather on Friday or Saturday of a weekend series.

7. Authority to Rule on Game Stoppage
The umpire-in-chief has sole authority to suspend, postpone, or cancel the game if conditions become unfit for play.

8. Lightning Strikes
A. Each member institution shall be responsible for having the capability to determine when lightning strikes are within specified distances from the competition site. When lightning is detected within 10 miles of the competition site, home team game management shall utilize the public address system to inform those in attendance that inclement weather including lightning is within 10 miles and that should patrons vacate the facility for safe shelter, they will be allowed to re-enter with a ticket stub. When lightning is detected within eight miles of the competition site, the competition shall be suspended.
B. Competition may be resumed after 30 minutes of no detected lightning strikes within an eight mile radius.
C. A 10 minute warm-up period may be granted following this 30-minute suspension.