Mandatory heat prep protocols
The league issues a weather alert addressed to all VABL managers, players, umpires and fans, and it is the most detailed safety document in this directory.
On hydration: dehydration can set in before you even step onto the field, and do not rely on field facilities or snack bars alone. Every player must bring a minimum of one gallon of water or electrolytes for his game. Pre-hydrate -- start loading fluids on Friday and Saturday, because drinking right before game time is too late. Electrolytes are mandatory, because water alone is not enough under high heat, and the league lists what counts: electrolyte packets, Gatorade or Powerade, or pickle juice, to replace lost sodium and minerals. Managers should bring a team cooler stocked with ice and damp towels for cooling between innings.
On shade: shade is essential to lower core body temperature during breaks, and teams and spectators are strongly encouraged to bring ten-by-ten pop-up tents for dugouts, warm-up areas and bleachers.
The league names its inland venues specifically -- Ojai Valley School and Fillmore Two Rivers Park will see severe heat -- and notes that even its coastal Ventura fields will be unseasonably hot on the turf and dirt.
A safety notice this specific has to reach every player before Sunday morning. A High Cheese league page pushes it into the schedule each of them already carries, attached to the game it applies to.
Ventura NABA in detail
- Sunday 35-and-over baseball across Ojai, Fillmore and Ventura.
- Sundays at half past nine and half past one, across three venues.
- A standings section beside the schedule and scores.
- A scores section, with results posted against fixtures.
- Six clubs in the 35-and-over division.
- A statistics section runs beside the standings.
- A contact section in the main navigation.
- A Free Agent Sign Up as the second item in the navigation.
- Ojai Valley School, Fillmore Two Rivers Park, and coastal grounds in Ventura.
- A weather alert doing the work of a whole news section.
- A photos block on the front page with a view-more link.
- No sponsor is named.
- No postseason or champion is published.
- Archives for the 2023 and 2024 seasons.
- Nobody is named.
- Division, day, times and grounds are answered; the fee is not.
- A league rules section, and the heat protocol published as a notice.
- The visible season runs into mid-August on Sundays.
- Nothing is for sale; a team app is offered.
- Umpires are addressed by name in the league's heat protocol.
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