Our Long Wait is Finally Over

Baseball season is here! 

Opening Day -- The day when hope spring eternal, and every team still has hopes of hoisting the trophy in mid-September.  The day when we shake off the cold (hopefully) and embrace the warmth of the sunlight, the smell of the ballpark, and the taste of hot dogs and cold beer.

For the Silver Hawks, Opening Day also means boarding the bus for the first time and making the two hour trip to Fort Wayne to battle the TinCaps.  First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM Eastern Time, and we'll have pregame coverage at 6:45 PM Eastern Time.

The Fort Wayne trip is a commuter trip for the Silver Hawks, meaning that we ride the bus down before the game and come back to South Bend afterwards.  It's the longest commute in the league (roughly 2 hours by bus), but thankfully it is the only city that the team commutes to and from.  All the other road trips result in hotel stays, but not Fort Wayne.

While it is nice to sleep in your own bed, I'd still rather stay in Fort Wayne (particularly the first series of the year).  Other teams that commute typically have an hour or less to drive each way.

Enough complaining...it's Opening Day!  Let's go Silver Hawks!

More posts once we arrive at the stadium and I get set up.

First Roster Move of the Season

Greetings from the Quality Inn of Fort Wayne. The bus arrived at 12:55 PM Eastern Time, and we'll depart for the field at 3:00 PM.

The Silver Hawks have their first roster move of the season.

Catcher Tyson Van Winkle has joined the club from extended spring training.
Outfielder Ender Inciarte has been sent to extended spring training.

The full story can be read here.