Forget the cold, the snow, the unplayable fields.

There’s always Pullman Park.

That message has spread to a lot of places.

“We’ve become an insurance policy for a bunch of teams,” said Dess Schnur, Director of Stadium and and Field Operations at the Butler facility.

And those teams are cashing in.

“Nobody has a playable baseball field right now,” Schnur said. “A year ago, we had a dry early spring and teams are going to play on their own fields first.

“Right now, they’re coming to us.”

In recent years, Pullman Park has hosted an average of 11 to 14 games in the month of March. This year, the ballpark may host as many as 48 games this month, scrimmages included.

Clarion, Gannon, Penn State and Robert Morris are among colleges playing there. West Shamokin, Bethel Park and Mt. Lebanon are among the distant high school teams willing to travel to Butler to get games in.

“It’s taking me day and night just keeping up with the changes,” Schnur said. “I’ve probably made close to 30 changes to the schedule over the past couple of days.”

As of now, 125 baseball games are scheduled at Pullman Park through the end of May. That does not include potential WPIAL playoff games or the 30-game home schedule of the Butler BlueSox.

Schnur had artificial turf installed around home plate two years ago. Last May, Pullman Park switched to an artificial mound.

“Without those moves, there’s no way we could be hosting this many games at this time of year,” Schnur said. “Prepping the plate area and pitching mound, we physically wouldn’t be able to keep up.

“We take care of our customers and we want to help teams get their games in. Teams have come here, been treated well, like the ballpark and that word gets spread around. We’re hearing from schools and colleges we haven’t heard from before.”

A team’s cost to use Pullman Park for a game ranges from $175 to $275, depending on whether it’s a day or night game. But the city’s profit margin on the facility’s use isn’t much.

“You have to pay people to work at the park and these teams coming in from a distance don’t bring many fans with them,” Schnur said. “Money is made here from fans coming through the gates.”

But in Schnur’s eyes, the ballpark is available if needed.

“We may have as many as five games a day on a weekend if this keeps up,” he said. “It’s been relentless. But it’s interesting and it’s challenging.

“We’re just trying to keep up.”