Comments on: Duke Controls the Weather to Avoid Baseball Loss http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/duke-controls-the-weather-to-avoid-baseball-loss-17313 Celebrity sports gossip since 2001 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:43:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Tuffy http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/duke-controls-the-weather-to-avoid-baseball-loss-17313#comment-1142 Tuffy Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:57:38 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/duke-controls-the-weather-to-avoid-baseball-loss-17313#comment-1142 Is it the Thorguard system? (No, seriously. There's a Thorguard lightning detection system. I would link to the page, but it screams at you at full throttle. I assume this is meant to warn you to shop elsewhere.) Is it the Thorguard system?

(No, seriously. There’s a Thorguard lightning detection system. I would link to the page, but it screams at you at full throttle. I assume this is meant to warn you to shop elsewhere.)

]]> By: TigerBait23 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/duke-controls-the-weather-to-avoid-baseball-loss-17313#comment-1131 TigerBait23 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:00:39 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/duke-controls-the-weather-to-avoid-baseball-loss-17313#comment-1131 The worst part was that there is a manditory 30 minute delay that follows lightning warning. Now, campuses like clemson and duke are both equipped with lightning warning systems, and no alarm went off. Also, what is up with the grounds crew being gone, yes gone, for the game, when they knew that water might be on its way. Point is, Duke is classless, and the umpires not checking on the validity of the information might cost clemson a postseason berth. The university athletic program should be sanctioned for this farce. The worst part was that there is a manditory 30 minute delay that follows lightning warning. Now, campuses like clemson and duke are both equipped with lightning warning systems, and no alarm went off. Also, what is up with the grounds crew being gone, yes gone, for the game, when they knew that water might be on its way.

Point is, Duke is classless, and the umpires not checking on the validity of the information might cost clemson a postseason berth. The university athletic program should be sanctioned for this farce.

]]> By: Tuffy http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/duke-controls-the-weather-to-avoid-baseball-loss-17313#comment-1125 Tuffy Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:14:48 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/duke-controls-the-weather-to-avoid-baseball-loss-17313#comment-1125 Duke: The karma chameleons of college sports. Duke: The karma chameleons of college sports.

]]> By: kes22 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/duke-controls-the-weather-to-avoid-baseball-loss-17313#comment-1123 kes22 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:05:39 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/duke-controls-the-weather-to-avoid-baseball-loss-17313#comment-1123 My younger brother plays for Clemson, and said that there was absolutely zero lightening bolts within the area of the stadium. They didn't even hear thunder, and as they all tried to put the tarp on, the Duke players were ordered by their coach not to get up from the dugout. All I can say is karma is an important part of the game of baseball. Disrespect the game and it will come back to bite you. Very classless of Duke. My younger brother plays for Clemson, and said that there was absolutely zero lightening bolts within the area of the stadium. They didn’t even hear thunder, and as they all tried to put the tarp on, the Duke players were ordered by their coach not to get up from the dugout. All I can say is karma is an important part of the game of baseball. Disrespect the game and it will come back to bite you. Very classless of Duke.

]]> By: Tuffy http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/duke-controls-the-weather-to-avoid-baseball-loss-17313#comment-1122 Tuffy Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:39:47 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/duke-controls-the-weather-to-avoid-baseball-loss-17313#comment-1122 Thanks, sdianis. I'm sticking with my "God of Thunder matriculated from Trinity College" theory, then. Thanks, sdianis. I’m sticking with my “God of Thunder matriculated from Trinity College” theory, then.

]]> By: Matt Sussman http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/duke-controls-the-weather-to-avoid-baseball-loss-17313#comment-1121 Matt Sussman Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:27:53 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/duke-controls-the-weather-to-avoid-baseball-loss-17313#comment-1121 JJ Redick is: The Giver Coming this fall. JJ Redick is: The Giver

Coming this fall.

]]> By: sdianis http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/duke-controls-the-weather-to-avoid-baseball-loss-17313#comment-1120 sdianis Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:56:56 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/duke-controls-the-weather-to-avoid-baseball-loss-17313#comment-1120 There were actually 8-10 respectable lightning bolts by the time the storm reached us east of Durham. Nothing too serious, but more than the sprinkling of rain the source makes it out to be. There were actually 8-10 respectable lightning bolts by the time the storm reached us east of Durham. Nothing too serious, but more than the sprinkling of rain the source makes it out to be.

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