Fields

DEALING WITH RAINOUTS

In case of inclement weather:

• If the weather is quite bad, the game can be postponed or cancelled by mutual agreement of the coaches ahead of time and before anyone shows up to the field.  If the visiting team is not local, this should be done at least 3 hours before the game.  For local teams, you can wait a bit longer.  If you do this, make sure there's an email trail confirming the coach or manager of the visiting team has seen the postponement message and acknowledged it.  Don't assume that sending a postponement email is enough.  If you don't receive an acknowledgement within a few minutes, follow up with a phone call.  But usually it's obvious when there's bad weather and they'll be watching for a message confirming postponement.
• if the weather is marginal and you decide to try to play the game, then both teams and the umpires should be ready to start the game at the scheduled time.  Any time prior to the plate meeting, the home team may decide to call off the game due to weather, light, or field conditions.  If the umpires show up to the field, they will be paid for the game.
• after the home team manager turns over his/her lineup card to the umpires at the pre-game plate meeting, the decision to suspend the game is entirely in the hands of the umpires.  Neither team has any say in the matter, but usually the umpires will confer with both teams before making a decision to suspend a game.  However, a decision to suspend or call a game ultimately rests with the umpires and neither team may argue as this is a judgement call.

If you need to reschedule a game hosted on a VCB field:

1. Find a suitable time on a diamond appropriate for your division.  All the events (games & practices) for every Vancouver field can be viewed on our fields page, above.  If you can't find a suitable time, send an email to the Fields Manager (fields@vcbmountiesbaseball.com) and we'll figure something out.  If necessary, we can bump a practice or reschedule local games to free up a block for a double-header.  Obviously the more lead time, the better for arranging this.
2. After you have found a couple of options, reach out to your opponent with your suggested reschedule time(s).  They should accept unless they have a really good reason why your suggested date won't work.
3. After the reschedule date has been agreed upon:

• let the Umpire-in-Chief know about the rescheduled date, time, and location so umpires will be assigned.
• For travel and 13U A teams:
  • update the game in your TeamSnap team.  Be sure to use a League field for the location, not a team-specific field location.
  • Inform the BC Minor Division Director know about the updated date/time/location so the game can be reschedule on the BC Minor website.
• For VCB 15U A and 18U AA teams, let the webmaster or your division coordinator know about the new date/time/location and we'll update the schedule on the website and in your TeamSnap team.