Can Anything be Done About Baseball/Softballs Early Start?
Can anything be done about the early start to baseball and softball practice? By Earl Vaughan Jr. Scholastic sports editor While major league baseball pitchers and catchers report for work in warm climates like Florida and Arizona, North Carolina high school baseball and softball players don’t enjoy the same luxury. Monday, Feb. 15, is the official opening date for spring practice in the state, and for most baseball and softball players, it will mean some frigid days early in the season as they bundle up against the cold to prepare for the start of play. Coaches have talked off and on over the years about the problems the early start for their sport causes, but few have been able to present a united front and do anything significant to get the start of the season moved back to a warmer time on the calendar. The problem is that with the end of school pretty much fixed, there’s not a lot of flexibility for making major changes. For Jack Britt baseball coach Sam Guy, the bad weather of Fe
