Practice is on today, despite the rain -- thank goodness!

Practice is on today, September 8, even though it started raining last nite and has been raining throughout the day. Thank goodness! While last spring's rains were record setting the repeated decisions not to allow kids to play or practice -- decisions made mainly by assorted school systems and park systems -- was simply bizarre. Certainly there are days when the fields are simply too soggy to play -- but those days are rare. More often than not it seems that school systems simply got in the habit of restricting use for the sake of restricting use. If fields in various districts were meticulously maintained it would make sense to use the utmost care in April and May. But most public school fields and parks are not that carefully groomed. Whatever use they incur in April and May is repaired by underuse in June and July.