April 9

Had my taxes done on Monday morning, I could have had it done much earlier but since my mother no longer drives we decided to go at the same time (and of course she was waiting for that phantom receipt that was allegedly mailed yet somehow never showed up). It was a cold and windy day, not the sort of day one would associate with baseball but later in the afternoon I was at McCaskey for the first of three straight scheduled home dates. When I left the house at 3:00 it was beginning to flurry, by 4:15 game time it looked like someone shook one those holiday snow globes (it was dark enough that the field lights were on from the outset). Between the 40-degree temperature, the sharp wind from the west and the snow flurries it was a day good for little else but staying inside but the game started on time and went without interruption until it was completed. Unfortunately for JPM the completion came about as a result of the mercy rule, visiting Manheim Township scored early and often and won it going away 13-1. The lone run for the Red Tornado came in the second inning, Noah Bergey singled and scored on a Caleb McFarland RBI groundout. Evan Proulx was the starting pitcher, he was followed in relief by Nate Santiago and Hunter Lloyd. Cedar Crest visits for a makeup game on Tuesday followed by Warwick for a regular-schedule Wednesday game. When the game ended I didn't have the opportunity to go home immediately, I cranked up the heat in the car as I drove to the dek hockey rink at Reservior Park. We had our Spring League organizational meeting at 7:00 with just about all of the usual suspects in attendance, the season should start the week of the 23rd if all goes as planned. Take care, thanks for reading.