"I got traded from the Rangers (organization) to Seattle on the last day of spring training, and we were opening in Calgary (Seattle's Class AAA team)," Scott said. "It had been 100 degrees in spring training, but in Calgary, there was snow everywhere. It was waist high.
"My son David was less than a week old, and I was upset leaving my family in Florida.
"Not only was there snow in Calgary, it was like 20 degrees with a wind chill of zero. I remember we couldn't believe the pitcher for the other team was sleeveless.
"Well, Paul Mirabella was pitching for us and I was catching and it's windy and cold and I've got contacts on. There was an apartment complex beyond center field and as it got darker, lights starting coming on, so it was hard to see.
"In the eighth inning, I called for a curveball, and Mirabella throws the heater (fastball). I didn't even get leather on it. It hit me square, you know where. I'm crawling around, and I can hear the people laughing. I think I'm gonna die. I think I'm never going to see my son again."
Ouch.
Later in the article there is this...
Saturday, Appleton's temperatures reached the mid-30s. Scott didn't expect the Dragons to be able to play.
Two of his players might be more accustomed to the conditions than others. Infielder Kevyn Feiner is from Sun Prairie, Wis., and pitcher Jeremy Horst is from Burlington, N.D.
"I'm going to have the bus driver ride by the park so Feiner and Horst can see it," Scott said. "They probably have wanted all their lives to play pro ball in Wisconsin, and it ain't gonna work."
Oh, it'll work.
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