Baseball Update

As bad as the weather has been this spring, I refuse to be negative about it (at least in this post).  After all, it could be worse, we could live in Minnesota.  My nephew is a pitcher at Gustavus Adolphus, they have only played once since their spring trip to Arizona, they haven't even been on a field for practice since they returned on March 27th.  St. Scholastica, who we played in the Metrodome, was off to a great start in their season but haven't played since March 24th and as much snow that has fallen in Duluth, they are worried that they may not practice on their field for the rest of the season.  So, yes things could be worse.  After all, we have played 20 games, and although it seems like we have had a ton of games rained out, we are still on schedule to play 36 even if we cannot find any games to add.  Last year, we only played 31 regular season games.

So now for this weekend, we are in a tough spot once again.  We have decided not to play tonight in Carroll vs. Coe.  We are going to try to play a single 9-inning game on Saturday.  We are going to take the tarp off the field in Carroll on Saturday morning, and make a decision on Saturday's game at that point.  If we do play, it will probably be at 4:00 pm in Carroll.  However, Carroll Stadium is not available to us on Sunday due to a Perfect Game Spring League game.  Which is ironic because now that we tarped the field in Carroll, we have increased their chances of playing on Sunday.  Had we not tarped the field, there is no way they would be able to play this weekend.  We are looking into moving the Sunday games to Coe.  We should have a final decision by the end of today, or at the very latest Saturday at noon.  

It is just another day of decisions around here.  Up to this point, I think we have made the right decisions and have taken advantage of the nice days we have had.  I really appreciate the patience of our players, their parents, our administration, and the coaches in the Iowa Conference.   What goes un-noticed is the flexibility of our faculty members that have worked with our players when it comes to missing classes.  I really appreciate their willingness to go the extra mile to allow our student-athletes to make up work.