This Week in Kickball: March 16

Hi all-

Hope everyone is off to a good start to their week. The dreary weather is supposed to clear out tomorrow morning and all the Maryland fans should be in good spirits for the Terps' inclusion in the bracket.

Game time for this week is 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday at Latrobe Park, Upper Field 2. If you've never been there, you can park in the school parking lot or along most of Fort Ave. (just pay attention to signs).

It sounds like most everybody has played before, but if you want a refresher on the rules, link here. There are not too many new rules this year, but here is a short version of what they talked about at the meeting:

• for those who were with us last year, the most pertinent is that any team can now be penalized for the bench standing too close to the field. Just remember to watch this.

• the league said there will be random roster checks, so bring a photo ID if you can, just in case we get checked

• If two runners are on the same base at the same time, the fielder has the choice of tagging either runner. The tagged runner is out, the other is safe.

• Every team has turn in a lineup before the game starts. Angie will take care of this, I'm only mentioning because they said they were going to be stricter about following the lineups this year so everyone needs to pay attention.

Sorry that it didn't work out so that everyone had a chance to meet before the first game. We will have shirts at the field for the first game, we are sapphire blue. We are the same color as last year, so if you want to wear a shirt from last year, that is fine too.

This week, we play "Kick in the Box," not to be confused with the SNL video. They were also off last week, so it will be Opening Day for both of us.