Um, Opening Day Is This Week?

Being a westerner...that is one of the most freakiest things I have ever seen...

Is that headphones on the guy's head hitting fungos?

Sure looks like Maryland. HS Baseball try-outs start next Monday here in NoVa. We currently have a very solid 18-24 inches of snow on the ground over much of the region.

Take me out to the ball game ... sometime in May.

It sure looks like that infield would take a little steam off of even the hardest hit grounder!!

Thanks for that post. I'm suddenly feeling very greatful for our dismal weather conditions.

Man, must those guys love the game or what?

Look at the poor guys in left field. Boy they sure look like they are having fun! Saturday my son told me they spent the morning shoveling the snow off the tarp. It was in the 40's today so at least thats better. I would imagine its going to be a long time before anyone plays a game on that field.

Is this some sick line drive drill?

I grew up in New Hampshire:

If spring weather was that good, we'd call off practice and go to the beach...

Seriously, I remember the team manager's first job in HS was to take a highlighter and color 4 or 5 balls yellow or orange so we could find them during the first few practices in the snow.

Another seriously, this image captures the rationale for leaving Troy, New York (RPI) for Arizona a few days after graduation.

Time to build that indoor facility!

I saw that picture yesterday myself and had to laugh. The boys up in Maine had been outside on the field January 23, the earliest ever. Very little snow but pretty cold. It is 70 in the dome though.

We've had three scrimmages here in upstate SC...and two of the three have been played in sub-freezing temps...hard to get a lot of productive anything done in that weather. At least the local sporting goods store has sold out of their cold gear and face masks...BTW, we won all three (24-0, 9-4, and then against last year's AAA state champion 7-6....I know, it's just a scrimmage, but certainly helps with the confidence factor going into the season.)

I DO live in New Hampshire and up until yersterday our fields were for the most part uncovered. We got 6-8 inches of snow yesterday to change that but usually we'd have at least as much snow as in that picture right now. You'd be amazed at how quick that will melt with temps in the mid 40's or better and a rain storm or two. Now you know why tryouts don't even start until March 22nd up here!

Maybe they could do that thing where they hover a helicopter over the infield to dry it off?

Don't worry guys, it's not like that everywhere. Temperatures are only forecast to be sunny and 70 here in northern California this week!
I got to watch a college scrimmage last night under the lights, after catching a high school scrimmage late afternoon.

It's Baseball season!

That's James River 2008 grad Jack Cleary behind the plate. I'm told the photo is a bit old. The baseball team actually ended up clearing things on this field and on other spring sports teams' fields as a way to raise funds for the baseball program.

Lemons into lemonade.

I do wonder how those guys in the background are managing to shag balls. Are they in snowshoes? And I swear it looks like one of them is wearing shorts!

It is U of MD. Unfortunately, we have even more on our field about 70 miles North...

Here you go, I knew this would work:

79 here in Gilbert AZ, but with the wind chill it was 78 1/2

That 3 mph wind and bright sun just makes you want to lie down and take a nap.

Terrible...

First HS scrimmage is Friday afternoon and then 6 games in 7 days next week. Time to get it on!

What an unbelievable photo! My son, who was raised in north Alabama with frequent visits to family in south Florida, was amazed. Here, if we get a dusting of snow (which we'ved had more than enough of lately!) we panic. The realization of how the snow up north will be effecting baseball really hit us, as jr. will be attending USNA in Annapolis next year to play baseball. Here's hoping global warming wakes up and kicks back in!

Wayne, fortunately, we do not usually have this problem around here, especially in Annapolis-congrats to your son and thank him for his service!