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Why doesn’t baseball play in rain.
Mar 10, 2018, 5:06 PM
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Football plays in rain so why not baseball. It’s just a little bit of rain I don’t understand it.
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Re: Why doesn’t baseball play in rain.
Mar 10, 2018, 5:09 PM
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Dirt track around the based
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Re: Why doesn’t baseball play in rain.
Mar 10, 2018, 5:10 PM
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They used to play in it..this isn’t nothing compared to the hurricane we played in against FSU
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Orange Blooded [2877]
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ever thrown a wet baseball?***
Mar 10, 2018, 5:11 PM
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Re: ever thrown a wet baseball?***
Mar 10, 2018, 6:01 PM
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You ever throw a wet football? Both balls are similarly affected by the rain by being wet, heavy and slick.
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A baseball HAS to be thrown on every play***
Mar 10, 2018, 6:18 PM
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Re: ever thrown a wet baseball?***
Mar 10, 2018, 9:15 PM
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Accuracy of a baseball is highly affected when thrown wet based on arm speed alone; football marginally at best.
Also an innacurate football can’t kill someone; So there is that.
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Because umpires melt in the rain.
Mar 10, 2018, 5:11 PM
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For they are vitches!!!
~JKB
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Re: Why doesn’t baseball play in rain.
Mar 10, 2018, 5:11 PM
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Next time you have a chance go try to roll a baseball on a wet infield then grip it and throw it. Made out of a little different material than a football. Plus do you want kids throwing 90 plus mph with a ball that they can’t get a consistent grip on.
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Re: Why doesn’t baseball play in rain.
Mar 10, 2018, 5:15 PM
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if they played on asphalt this would not be a issue.
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they used to but covered it with plastic grass***
Mar 10, 2018, 5:16 PM
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Re: they used to but covered it with plastic grass***
Mar 10, 2018, 5:18 PM
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wussies, I remember when sliding into home plate required skin grafts afterwards.
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Football doesn't have a small ball traveling 90 miles an
Mar 10, 2018, 5:12 PM
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hour at a batter's head and over 100 miles an hour back at a fielder.
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Re: Why doesn’t baseball play in rain.
Mar 10, 2018, 5:17 PM
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Did any of y’all play baseball growing up? We played in downpours growing up.... only delay was thunder and/or lightning.
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Baseball is a thinking man's sport
Mar 10, 2018, 5:30 PM
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And smart folks have enough sense to come in out of the rain.
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we Used to use a tennis ball when it rained
Mar 10, 2018, 5:33 PM
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When I was a kid playing true backyard ball, even played in storms until everybody’s mama called it.
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Re: Why doesn’t baseball play in rain.
Mar 10, 2018, 5:38 PM
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Can't have umps catching colds. They might start calling ghost balks.
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Re: Why doesn’t baseball play in rain.
Mar 10, 2018, 5:40 PM
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Player safety. Especially pitchers. Land wrong and slip once b/c of the rain and it could be the end of your season.
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Do you even baseball, DOOD?***
Mar 10, 2018, 5:52 PM
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tennis gets cancelled in even the slightest of drizzles
Mar 10, 2018, 5:58 PM
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Some sports aren't made for rain.
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And basketball get canceled with a little condensation on
Mar 10, 2018, 6:35 PM
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the floor.
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Re: Why doesn’t baseball play in rain.
Mar 10, 2018, 7:43 PM
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If they fall or slide on the wet and muddy field their uniforms would get dirty and some of our fans would complain about the players lack of neatness.
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Why don't they play basketball in the snow outdoors?
Mar 10, 2018, 8:27 PM
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Football does it.
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Makes no sense does it
Mar 10, 2018, 10:30 PM
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Like there’s anything wrong with waving a metal bat in the air during a rain storm
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