Another round of Monday rain caused another baseball postponement at McCaskey, on Tuesday we finally made our season debut for season #10 (it should be eleven but that's old news now). When I arrived I discovered that the ballfield had no electrical power of any kind (no PA system, no field lights, no scoreboard, No Nothing). Apparently all of the power comes from the adjacent football stadium and with the ongoing renovations (which should have completed months ago) all the power was shut down, even the bathrooms are closed because they utilize the same plumbing system. There was a portable PA speaker set up similar to what we do on Senior Nights for soccer and field hockey, it wasn't the optimum solution but we made it work. On this day Hamburg visited from northern Berks County (about sixteen miles north of Reading) for a nonleague game and won easily 9-0, JPM's next home date is on the 30th vs Garden Spot. On Wednesday at the Arena the Royals began "Norfolk Week" as the Admirals were in town for four games in five days. On this night the game was scoreless into the second period, goals by Connor Kurth and Jacob Frasca gave the Royals a 2-0 lead. Carson Golder's third -period score brought the final to 3-0, Yaniv Perets was in goal for his second shutout of the season. On Friday for game #2 it was Kids Takeover Night, a young man named Logan (age 12) was assigned to me as Jr. PA announcer. I had him introduce our starting lineup and do the goal and penalty reads (I did the follow-up reads as required by the league) and he did a great job. After the game his father joked that Logan might come for my job in a few years, I told him that in a few years he may be able to have it. The game itself was scoreless in the third period, goals by newcomer Mikael Robidoux, Hunter Johannes (back from injury) and Connor McMenamin gave the Royals ANOTHER shutout win by the same score as Wednesday, Keith Petruzzelli picked up his fourth whitewash of the season. The series continues over the rest of the weekend and Saturday starts early. Take care, thanks for reading.