Wetnessday

Wind-whipped rain lashing against windows. Booming thundercracks so loud that they set off car alarms. And, for good measure, tornado warning sirens crying out, urging all to seek safety. It was the kind of overnight meteorological onslaught that would keep even the heaviest of sleepers awake.

The tumultuous tempest that ripped through the region Tuesday night was also the sort that wreaks havoc on the playability of baseball diamonds, even for games not scheduled to be contested until 12 hours after the last umbrella has been folded up and put away. So, on the heels of having their weekend tournament in Fort Knox completely washed out, resulting in three to four games being lopped off their schedule, the Louisville Longhorns’ 8 PM Beechmont Competitive League meeting against the 12U Louisville Bulldogs on Wednesday night was also called off.

After playing 14 games over the first three weeks of the season, the wet weather, combined with a week off for Spring Break, has resulted in the Longhorns only getting in one game over the past three weeks. With the benefit of having an indoor training facility at their disposal, however, the Longhorns have used what in the past would have been down-time to work on their games, as they did last night, honing their swings with close to two hours of tee-work, soft-toss and live batting practice in the cages of the Louisville Baseball Center.

Freshly-shorn coach Rick Arnold makes a point to his charges

at Wednesday night’s indoor workout.

(Pictured, counter-clockwise from Coach Arnold:

No. 32 Andrew Arnold, No. 31 Ryan Hamilton, No. 21 Casey Simon,

No. 2 Brendan Koester, No. 11 Andrew Littlefield, No. 9 Noah Baugher,

No. 5 Nicholas Parrish, No. 7 Trey Sweeney, No. 3 Byrce Elmore.)