Payback...

OK, I admit it. I was almost (almost) feeling a little smug about being here in Arizona while it seems the rest of the country is enduring the start of a new Ice Age. I know in Colorado the blizzard warnings are up yet again for tomorrow and my wife, who is scheduled to fly in for a couple of days for her Spring Break, is wondering whether she's going to be able to get out of DIA. So OK, I was due for some payback and today it came in the form of torrential rains that washed out today's game at Surprise Stadium. Last night's second game of a doubleheader was also called in the 5th inning due to rain but that was nothing compared to what's been coming down today.

After a gentle rain all last night the heavens opened up by the time I reached the ballpark and really let loose. I was a soggy, sorry mess by the time I got in from the parking lot and half expected a canoe to come shuttle me in. I hear its supposed to be in the high 50's in Denver today ahead of the storm which is typical Colorado weather but for at least today I think the Denver high temperature will likely surpass what we're seeing down here. So all my Colorado readers, please enjoy a chuckle or two at my expense for thinking that Spring Training 2019 was going to be all sunshine and roses. I mean it was so cold at the game last night in the chill rain that I saw stocking caps on fans underneath their ponchos and they were wearing gloves. Seriously, who owns gloves in Phoenix, Arizona?The joke as people came into the Pro Shop was "Welcome to Seattle!" but no one's laughing today. Yeah, I know in a day or two or three it will all clear out, the sun will return to the Arizona desert, and the temps will start climbing back to where they're supposed to be. Hopefully the rattlesnakes won't have drowned in the meantime and will soon be sunning themselves in the oppressive heat once more. And maybe, just maybe, by the time I get back to Colorado in early April this soggy, sorry mess will finally dry out. Time will tell!

Here's what an Arizona Baseball Stadium looks like in a deluge...