Well. that's understandable but it seems to me that the dugouts should be more closely monitored and there shouldn't be water in the dugouts on softball nights. We ARE paying the city for the use of the fields and that includes the dugouts!!

I hit reopen so that I might get a response to my comment

Sorry - didn't get an alert that the thread had been re-opened. While I understand your frustration, the fees the leagues pay are for exclusive use of the field and only offset the costs of lining etc but not the additional staff time that would be required to provide the level of service required for pumping out the dugouts for games. As I mentioned, we attempt to remove water when practical but with only 23 caretakers and 2,200 acres to maintain including the 20+ athletic fields we can not always provide service beyond the basic prep.

We are looking at a redesign of the structures that might help to minimize the amount of water, we hope to try the design on one of the dugouts this summer when play slows down to allow the work to be completed.