It’s in the sports section... but is it really a sport? Lotsa fun though...

Rob McKinley Mar 14, 2020 11:27 AM
Hey, what’cha doin’ up there ball? You’re supposed to be in front of me, on your way to first base? Snowpitch lesson 1: Balls are slippery.▲
Frosty, cold conditions have given the Lac La Biche ball diamonds a little crust that lets the ball roll a little ... until it doesn’t and gets buried in snow.▲
Summer or winter, the rule of the batter remains golden ... keep your eye on the ball.▲
Beards and facial hair are also indicators of how cold this year’s snow pitch tourney is.▲
Fans of snow pitch▲
MO’s Billiard owner Mike McArthur crushes a lobbed pitch. (Mike got finished off his base running with a slide into home plate)▲
Big swing in the snow▲

In case you were wondering  — they say they're having fun.

That's the general consensus of teams — in between gasps of cold -21 degree Lac La Biche air — at the Lac La Biche Firefighters' Society Snow Pitch Tournament.

Ten teams committed to the Saturday and Sunday event, despite the cold and flu ... cold temperatures and COVID flu ... to play in knee-deep-with-snow baseball diamonds in the fun tourney.

Teams will have some heat later tonight for the players' shaker at the Lakeland Agricom.

The event, which has been running since 2015,  is an annual fundraiser and awareness-maker for the society that supports Lac La Biche County firefighters and first responders.

 

 

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