“It tasks me; it heaps me; I see in it outrageous strength, with an inscrutable malice sinewing it. That inscrutable thing is chiefly what I hate; and be the white winter agent, or be the white winter principal, I will wreck that hate upon it.”

Imagine me saying this as I am dressed as Ricardo Montalbán in The Wrath of Khan. You’ll get the general idea of my feelings today.

Before we get to the pictures of a stadium that encased in ice, let’s get a report from Fairfax, the Field Conditions Ferret. Fairfax, what do you have for us today?

Icy. What the heck do you think they are, Mehring!?

Thanks for that very accurate report, Fairfax.

And to make it official….

Perry the Postponement Penguin says, “No games tonight.”

It makes sense that Perry the postponement penguin would be a little more professional in these conditions that a ferret.

To the photos!

It’s all a matter of perspective.

For example:

Pretty:

Icy trees.

Pretty depressing:

Same angle. Not zoomed in on the trees.

Here’s something from the same spot, just crouched down on the steps to include the railing:

Sigh.

From the front of the stadium:

It’s NOT December…Darn it!

The entire front entrance:

Deep sigh.

Winterfell?

Nope. Just the ballpark.

Beaches are supposed to be warm:

Supposed to be warm.

More?  You want more? I’ll give you more!

From beyond the Rattlers bullpen.

Picnic tables. Those are things that people think about when they think summer.

Cold winter fingers
Will not release their tight grasp
On my aching heart

Deeeeeep Siiiiigh.

The Rattlers will try to play the Kane County Cougars tomorrow.  Think warm thoughts.