April 27-30

Another round of rain blew through on Friday morning, the evening's ballgame at McCaskey was postponed and reset for May 1st. Jenny and I had our usual Saturday lunch date, the remainder of the weekend was quiet largely by design. The Atlantic League season started on Thursday with the Barnstormers spending the weekend in York, I was absent on Thursday because of dek hockey, on Friday because I had planned on the game at JPM before the weather hit, on Saturday because it was damp and rainy and on Sunday because it was chilly and windy. The series itself was played in full despite the less-than-ideal conditions, the clubs meet again when the Stormers open at home on May 4. On Sunday evening Don called, the four men selected as captains for our proposed Draft Division were at his place and the draft itself was ready to start. He called back about forty minutes later with the results, the captains (all former members of the now-defunct "upper" teams) were getting word out to their players and the schedule (which I had VERY SMARTLY prepared ahead of time) was made official. The Draft Division is set up exactly as as our recent summer seasons have been, the only difference is that wins and losses matter. Each team plays twelve games with the top two finishers playing for the championship, the season started on Monday with two games. There are forty-eight total players in the division, thirty-six were present which isn't bad for less than twenty-four hours notice. On this night Gold beat Red via OT shootout and White defeated Green, there are single games on the docket for Tuesday and Thursday. Take care, thanks for reading.