What a Difference the Sun Makes

There's been this big, yellow thing in the sky the last few days. I've heard rumors that it's something called "the sun", but it had been so long since I had seen it, that I can't be 100% sure if that's what it is or not.

In all seriousness, the weather has been really nice so far this week, with the sun shining brightly and the temperatures creeping closer to 40 degrees. In addition to putting everyone in a better mood and getting people to think about the summer months and baseball, the sun serves one other very important purpose: it melts the snow!

Below are two pictures from this week. The first is Monday around lunchtime, after groundskeeper Joel Reinebold went out with the snowblower around the basepaths. The second is from today (Wednesday) around 3:30 PM. Wow, what a difference!



Monday.


Today.

We're getting there folks. I'll try to post more pictures as we get closer and closer to Opening Day.