How hot is too hot?

[tomorrow]

8u USSSA Southern Nationals tourney, coach pitch playing on turf in Dallas with a heat wave going and temps at 105 from Thur to Sun.

USSSA tourney link

 

[krazykat]

"Florida Water" really helps deal with the heat. Florida water is rags in an ice chest of ice water with the cheap alcohol based cologne added. Do not know if it's still available but it helps a lot.

 

[_MIA_]

8u USSSA Southern Nationals tourney, coach pitch playing on turf in Dallas with a heat wave going and temps at 105 from Thur to Sun.

USSSA tourney link

Poor little ones..

 

[3afan]

The problem is the tournament organizers want to have the biggest tournaments with the most teams and they have kiss-up UICs who are too afraid to say "no". And everyone suffers because of it. Some even die.

 

[Orange Socks]

It was 111 in College Station yesterday. 105 in HTX.

 

[_MIA_]

Alliance Championships for 10's and 12's starts in OKC on the 26th so I guess we can hope for a precipitous drop...

 

[The Man In Blue]

Well ... you can hope.

 

[The Man In Blue]

8u USSSA Southern Nationals tourney, coach pitch playing on turf in Dallas with a heat wave going and temps at 105 from Thur to Sun.

USSSA tourney link

The Cooking Channel recommends approximately 5 minutes per pound at that temperature ...

 

[DryHeat]

The Cooking Channel recommends approximately 5 minutes per pound at that temperature ...

Is that for 12u, 14u, 16u?

 

[DryHeat]

Well, it is 113 or so and we are at practice.

It is breezy, but I think that just makes it feel more like a convection oven.