These college baseball players laced up their skates to play baseball on their frozen field

With the college baseball season starting this week, teams are doing all they can to squeeze in some final preseason practice. But what if your field is covered in snow and ice like Central Michigan's Kelly Shorts Stadium? Well, then you strap on the ice skates, grab your glove and get all the drills in.

Sophomore Chase Rollin captured the video, and it looks like a ton of fun.

364 more days until next years hockey tryouts... 6 days until our season opener. #saturdays #findawaytogetreps pic.twitter.com/8U4c1sL1eL — Chase (@Chase_Rollin) February 9, 2019

There is actually a long history of baseball being played on ice. It was a popular winter sport in the 19th century, with some pockets of play lasting into the 1920s as this video attests: