Little drizzle makes Hizzoner fizzle

Mayor de Blasio successfuully avoided the likelihood of striking out with the press again on Sunday — swiftly cancelling a longplanned softball scrimmage against City Hall reporters after a brief shower moistened the Prospect Park Parade Grounds. “No softtball,” declared de Blasio Karen Hinton. “It rained. s muddy. We will try again nd.”

But the washout was no impediment to real gamers.

“This field is great. In fact, conditions couldn’t be better,” declared Dimitri Bazin, 47, who tossed a Frisbee near where Hizzoner was expected to step up to the plate. “There is no dust getting blown up and the ground is nice and soft. It’s perfect. No puddles, no mud.”

Sam Szuflita, 22, said the rain lasted about half an hour, stopping by 2:30 p.m.

“We gave it a halfhour to quit drizzling and dry out, but now its perfect,” he said. De Blasio and his son, Dante, planned to lead his administration’s inaugural softball showdown with the media at around 5 p.m., the first of a twogame series.

Staffers have been practicing for several weeks and the mayor spent Friday morning exercising at the Park Slope Y in preparation for the big matchup

It’s not the first time de Blasio has backed out of a game — he vetoed an October match because he said he was busy readying health officials to handle the Ebola virus.