If there is standing water on the field or the field is clearly saturated,  do not use it.

Do not attempt to remove puddles by sweeping water or digging.
You may damage the field and risk everyone losing our rights to these fields.

GAME DAY UPDATES

Parents/Players: Please call your coach or use GameChanger/TeamSnap for the most up to date information about your game. 

Coaches: Decisions are based on the fields and whether we control the fields. Work together to resolve concerns and then let your parents know.
REMEMBER TO CALL THE UMPIRE. Please make a phone call, not everyone checks their email during the day. Log in to view the umpire phone roster.
Contact your assigned player agents if you have questions.

1. Decisions are to be made first by the two coaches who are playing on these fields. The two criteria are player safety and damage to the field. Coaches who play when they should not will find their games swapped to other fields.

2. Coaches can decide to cancel their game in advance without going out to the field. However, they must phone the umpire to relay their decision (umpires names and phone numbers can be found on the umpire page of the SFLL website).

3. If the coaches agree to show up for a game, then it is the umpires' decision whether or not the game will be played. If there is no umpire, the coaches must confer and decide. There have been instances when coaches/parents have put pressure on umpires regarding this decision, and this is just as inappropriate as arguing a call and will result in the same disciplinary consequences. If the field is unsafe, the game should not be played. This may be hard to do with parents and players all waiting to play, but safety is the first concern.

Field Status Phone 1-415-561-2115

1. If there is no answer or no message, you should use your judgment unless the field is marked closed or a field director tells you it is closed. If the red light on the shed at the south end is on, that means the field is closed.

2. If it has been raining and there is no information on the hotline, coaches can decide to cancel their game in advance without going out to the field. However, they must phone the umpire to relay their decision (umpires names and phone numbers can be found on the umpire page of the website).

3. If the coaches agree to show up for a game, then it is the umpires' decision whether or not the game will be played. If there is no umpire, the coaches must confer and decide. There have been instances when coaches/parents have put pressure on umpires regarding this decision, and this is just as inappropriate as arguing a call and will result in the same disciplinary consequences. If the field is unsafe, the game should not be played. This may be hard to do with parents and players all waiting to play, but safety is the first concern.

This is a turf field with a dirt mound and batting circle. The protocol is as follows:

1. Decisions are to be made first by the two coaches who are playing on these fields. The two criteria are player safety and damage to the field. If mound and batter's box are too wet to play then you have to call off the game.  If coaches deem those areas safe to play,  then once coaches confirm the turf areas are safe to play, the game can begin.  Coaches who play when they should not will find their games swapped to other fields.

2. Coaches can decide to cancel their game in advance without going out to the field. However, they must phone the umpire to relay their decision (umpires names and phone numbers can be found on the umpire page of the SFLL website).

3. If the coaches agree to show up for a game, then it is the umpires' decision whether or not the game will be played. If there is no umpire, the coaches must confer and decide. There have been instances when coaches/parents have put pressure on umpires regarding this decision, and this is just as inappropriate as arguing a call and will result in the same disciplinary consequences. If the field is unsafe, the game should not be played. This may be hard to do with parents and players all waiting to play, but safety is the first concern.

Live Updates Website: www.sfrecpark.org/507/Field-Rain-Out-Info

1. Check the status of the fields on the table below. Please check that the most current update has today's date. If there is no message or no answer on the phone number above, you should use your judgment unless the field is marked closed or a field director tells you it is closed.

2. If it has been raining and there is no information on the hotline, coaches can decide to cancel their game in advance without going out to the field.

3. If the coaches agree to show up for a game, then it is the umpires' decision whether or not the game will be played. If there is no umpire, the coaches must confer and decide. There have been instances when coaches/parents have put pressure on umpires regarding this decision, and this is just as inappropriate as arguing a call and will result in the same disciplinary consequences. If the field is unsafe, the game should not be played. This may be hard to do with parents and players all waiting to play, but safety is the first concern.

Permits and Reservations will post notices as soon as they learn that a field has been closed due to weather or other conditions. Hopefully, this will reduce the back up of phone calls. If it has rained recently and we have learned fields will be open, we will also post it here to reduce the number of phone calls.

SF REC & PARK IMPORTANT NOTICES

Just because a field is not posted on this list does not mean it is open (we may not have gotten a phone call)

Posted Signs: You must respect signs posted on fields

If there is a FIELD CLOSED sign on the field, you must follow it