How Bout This Weatha'

May 19, 2008


It is May 19, 2008 and its 45 degrees and blowing a consistent thirty, with gusts to forty-five, from the west. A steep pressure gradient to our west created high winds in the Nahant area.
Friday was also glorious. Sun blanketed the area for much of the day. A large storm system approached us from the west, expected to drop significant rainfall across the region overnight and into Saturday.

The Barbarians and the Brickyard kicked off the 2008 season with an emotion-filled 6-2, after three, canceled-due-to-inclement-weather ballgame, which will be rescheduled and re-played.
The Brickyard and Barbarians came out firing, with a tone-setting game. The opening-day tilt, included a first ever, team flag, brought by the Barbarians, in a territorial gesture to the locals.
The two powerhouses were tied two-two after one, then the rain starting coming down like a cow pissing on a flat-rock.

Ater a close play and a controversial call at the plate with bases loaded, the Barbarians scored four, before the game was called.

The weather is always great when softball season starts.
No, the weather is so bad that people watching the game need blankets and hot chocolate.

The seagull is the dominant bird on the island of Nahant. So much so, that the nickname of "Kingpin" has been give to the species' dominant male.

Seagulls can fly through a stiff wind, and proved it on Monday. The Gulls sprayed line drives over the depleted Galaxy defense, on their way to a 12-4 win. There was even a "Mitch" sighting, who came down, fresh from the garage, wondering why he didn't get the call up to the Bigs.

The League would like to thank the Barbarians for donating the new scoreboard, and Rick "Corvette" Madden for the new bleachers. (the bleachers could be referred to as a picnic table, but nobody is going to use it for a picnic). Also to the members of the Green Sox and Nahant Fish and Lobster who built make-shift dugouts and left-field fence, out of trash.