The two-hour trip and the 36-degree weather made the parents whine, but the Comets were hot enough to get the job done, opening their preseason with a (something like) 14-1 victory over Rutland in a 10-inning scrimmage.

Kater struck out 8 and gave up 1 hit in 4 innings ... Brittany and Hillary each had strong 3-inning outings on the mound to complete the game. Mikaela powered the offense with a triple and a loooong home run -- and Jennie came off the bench with a couple big hits. Heather anchored a strong defensive effort (no errors in 10 innings) from the whole team, showing her ability to throw out or pick off runners is already in mid-season form. Nice start, Comets!

It was preseason for me, tooo ... Photos are generally not as crisp as I'd like as I was shivvvvering and shooting at 160th of a second due to the cloud cover (prefer to be warmer and shooting around a 640th of a second). All in all, I miss my A1 and my timing was a bit off, but I'll get it together soon enough -- at least, here's hoping!