Snow..... Finally!

Hey guys,

How about the snow! After a couple of teases Mother Nature finally gave us a pretty good dose of snow. At our house we got about four and a half inches, which seems about what everybody in the area got. Just think how much we would have on the ground if it had not rained so much Friday and Saturday, making the ground wet and not so cold.

This was the good kind of snow. Not a lot of sleet or ice in it to make things really slick and dangerous. We have not had a snowfall like this in a few years. I really enjoyed watching it snow Sunday, but I am glad it is melting because lets face it, it's March 2nd, it's time to start thinking about baseball.

I for one am ready for some baseball. It's funny, when basketball season starts I am all gung ho for basketball but as spring approaches basketball turns to drudgery and baseball seems like it is almost heaven on earth. I don't care what you do, gyms all smell a little bit like sweaty feet and are stuffy. Baseball is played outside in a park, with the gentle breezes carrying the smell of fresh cut grass blowing. Baseball means spring!

Although, there was that one time that Ben Dukes and myself had to broadcast a Thornwell softball game in a wind storm. There was a front coming through and the winds were blowing 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph, and did I forget to mention that the high that day was 44? We very nearly froze to death. I had two sweat shirts and a coat on and was cold. Ben was dressed like an Eskimo and I swear I looked over there at him once and he looked blue! I had an extra coat in my truck and wrapped him up in it like a big ol blanket and he still shivered. It's hard to do play by play when you are shivering. I sure was glad when that game was over!

Oh well, that was a time. Anyway enjoy the snow!

Til next time, God Bless!
The Big One