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March baseball in Michigan: College team takes field with snow shovels to clear way for game

By: The Associated Press

Friday, Mar. 8, 2013 at 4:58 PM | Comments: 0

In this Thursday, March 7, 2013 photo, Muskegon Community College pitcher Adam Poel, of Grand Haven, shovels snow at the school's baseball field, in Muskegon, Mich. Poel and his teammates worked for nearly two hours in an effort to clear the infield in preparation for their home opener on Tuesday against Owens Community College. (AP Photo/The Muskegon Chronicle-MLive Media Group, Ken Stevens)

MUSKEGON, Mich. - A community college baseball team in West Michigan took to the field with snow shovels in attempt to clear the way for next week's home opener.

Under the direction of head coach Cap Pohlman, the 30-member Muskegon Community College team spent nearly two hours shovelling the infield Thursday. They took turns piling snow into the bed of a trailer pulled by Pohlman using a lawn tractor.

Team member Stephan Chandonnet tells The Muskegon Chronicle (http://bit.ly/YQUds6 ): "This is what we get for playing baseball in Michigan."

The game is scheduled for Tuesday against Owens Community College, but the coach says it will take a "miracle" for the game to go forward because of all the snow. The team is expected back out on the field Friday and possibly during the weekend.

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Information from: The Muskegon Chronicle, http://www.mlive.com/muskegon

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