Flashes of Panic

On the softball field across the street, things are a bit different tonight:

• Red, white and blue bunting on the backstop
• A massive U.S. flag on the opposite ballfield
• A lectern with microphone in front of home plate; two speakers on the foul lines
• Flags on either side of the lectern
• More lining on the field than usual
• The parking lot got swept this morning
• A catering truck (of the “contractor’s lunch truck” variety)
• An ice cream truck (periodically)
• Lots of uniformed cops
• A bagpiper

Earlier this week, too, they went over the infield with a Bobcat (!) and roller to finally erase the ponds between second and third bases and the annual pits dug by the batters around home plate.

I gotta say: South Medford does softball up big. Maybe we’ll get fireworks.

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