Softball in The Last Frontier

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by UmpireErnie

I am jealous of all of you! Our high school season is scheduled to open April 22 but a couple of feet of spring snow has but that in jeopardy. I drove past one complex where the majority of Anchorage games are played and they trying to snowblow the fields.

I am hoping for a lot of sunshine this week!

Umpire Ernie:

Don't be too quick to be jealous. My first H.S. game (baseball or softball) was supposed to be on Monday, April 01st (no April Fool's Day jokes please). It was a girls' varsity softball game and was canceled because the game time (05:00pm) temperaturee forcast was 38F with a windchill factor of 28F.

Yesterday I umpired a boys' varsity baseball DH at 10:00am. The temperature was 40F with a windchill factor of 30F and the temperature and the wind never did get better. MTD, Jr. was supposed to be my partner but had to scratch because a work scheduling screw up but ended up being assigned a girls' JV softball DH with a start time of 01:00pm and it was canceled because of the cold weather.

MTD, Sr.