Saturday's Optional Practice at Newman Now Cancelled

I thought we might have a chance to play tonight given the relatively dry morning we had. That is, until I visited Newman around 1:30 this afternoon and saw that the infield was more sea than land. Sure enough, the Town closed Newman as well as all the other diamonds. We're due for more rain tomorrow and possibly Saturday. I just don't see Newman drying out anytime soon.

Our 12:00-1:00 optional practice Saturday is the only item on the Red Wings' weekend agenda that would be affected by the flooding at Newman. Rather than deal with the speculation and the last-minute notification, I'm thinking we should just keep it simple and cancel Saturday's optional practice. It's highly likely the field won't be playable, and we have the game v. Hot Rods an hour later at Greene's.

I am much more confident that Greene's will be dry enough to play on Saturday. We will make every effort to get this game in. I will arrive at Greene's at 1:30 on Saturday in hopes of finding some space there to warm-up. Please join me if you can. We will start the game promptly at 2:00 since we only have the diamond until 4:00.

So, the Red Wings' weekend schedule will be:

• Saturday 2:00 game v. Hot Rods at Greene's (1:30 warm-up).
• Sunday 6:00 game v. Bulls at Eliot (5:30 warm-up).