SUNSHINE? WHAT A CONCEPT
Manager Riccardo Ingram and his Rock Cats came out of their nature-imposed hibernation Thursday afternoon and witnessed an atmospheric phenomenon, right here in New Britain.
It was just past 3 o’clock when a bright, circular disk appeared in the western sky that had everybody shielding their eyes.
“We’ve been waiting quite awhile for that,” Ingram said. “Everybody’s giddy just to see the sun.”
The Rock Cats drove all the way to Binghamton only to turn right around and drive back when the weather-beaten field was deemed unfit for play. All three games in the series were postponed, creating schedule headaches before the season was even two weeks old.
Rock Cats catcher Korey Feiner is from Madison, Wisc., so spring snowstorms and plunging temperatures aren’t culture shock for him. Nevertheless, this was a new experience.
“You don’t get great weather (in Wisconsin) to start the season,” he said. “You might have a couple days of cold, a little bit of rain, but never anything like this.
“We go up to Binghamton, get ready to play, they play the National Anthem and they call the game. That’s disappointing. It was a nice night and we were ready to go.”
Remnants of the swirling nor’easter were still present as late as Thursday morning but the clouds rolled back and – glory be – the teams would actually be able to take batting practice on a field they hardly know. Fifteen games into the season and they’ve only held batting practice on the New Britain Stadium diamond twice.
It was just past 3 o’clock when a bright, circular disk appeared in the western sky that had everybody shielding their eyes.
“We’ve been waiting quite awhile for that,” Ingram said. “Everybody’s giddy just to see the sun.”
The Rock Cats drove all the way to Binghamton only to turn right around and drive back when the weather-beaten field was deemed unfit for play. All three games in the series were postponed, creating schedule headaches before the season was even two weeks old.
Rock Cats catcher Korey Feiner is from Madison, Wisc., so spring snowstorms and plunging temperatures aren’t culture shock for him. Nevertheless, this was a new experience.
“You don’t get great weather (in Wisconsin) to start the season,” he said. “You might have a couple days of cold, a little bit of rain, but never anything like this.
“We go up to Binghamton, get ready to play, they play the National Anthem and they call the game. That’s disappointing. It was a nice night and we were ready to go.”
Remnants of the swirling nor’easter were still present as late as Thursday morning but the clouds rolled back and – glory be – the teams would actually be able to take batting practice on a field they hardly know. Fifteen games into the season and they’ve only held batting practice on the New Britain Stadium diamond twice.
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