My next project that I was put in charge of was being down at the fields for games. I had to observe how to make sure umpires were there and ready to perform their duties. I also had to learn other parts of the job that included turning the lights on and making sure the field was ready to play on. This was more in my element because I love the game of baseball and I understood what had to be done to have a field ready to play on. These were some of the better days of the internship to date. I'm also getting more comfortable with the jobs and the people I'm working with.
However, not all the games in this time frame were played. This is where I got a huge introduction into the area of weather management. There are certain rules the Recreation have about playing in storms. The little league have their own set of different rules. This caused conflicts when trying to decide to cancel a game or not because the little league games are played on the Recreation fields. Either way it was a lose/lose situatiion because no matter what was done, the parents were going to be upset. It was also tough to tell if we should cancel the games at the Recreation Departments 4:30pm deadline because a lot of the storms were hit or miss. Unfortunately, all the storms we had hit us.
However, not all the games in this time frame were played. This is where I got a huge introduction into the area of weather management. There are certain rules the Recreation have about playing in storms. The little league have their own set of different rules. This caused conflicts when trying to decide to cancel a game or not because the little league games are played on the Recreation fields. Either way it was a lose/lose situatiion because no matter what was done, the parents were going to be upset. It was also tough to tell if we should cancel the games at the Recreation Departments 4:30pm deadline because a lot of the storms were hit or miss. Unfortunately, all the storms we had hit us.