[5 sport ref]

Northern Illnois isn't to much better. The grass isn't green and dirt is still a bit damp yet but let the games begin!!! I've been lucky to get in two baseball and two softball games. Nothing like it after a long winter and doing basketball for 4-1/2 months. Avoid the stuffy gyms and back outside. I realize then how much I love this game. A little bit of me dies when the season ends and it grows back in the spring.

The forecast looks lousy after today. Supposed to rain and possibly snow for the next three days. Probably won't get back on the field until the middle of next week. But I've really enjoyed the past couple of days.