Playing Softball in the Snow
My daughter wants to go out for her high school's softball team. She has not played organized softball since 3rd grade, but she had a reasonably successful field hockey season, so I thought why not. We bought a new glove, but put off buying spikes until absolutely necessary.
Tryouts start March 1, so this afternoon when I got home from work, we went out and tossed the ball around for about 15 minutes. We had a couple of inches of fresh snow last night so it was an odd experience. It was about 36 degrees out, and the sun was starting to set. Overthrown balls got covered with snow, and soon my hands got too cold so we called it quits.
I now see why Florida and California have the best college baseball teams. The first of March is not baseball season even as far south as Maryland.