by Iluvblue » Tue Sep 15, 2009 3:02 pm
4 years ago Bob R called me up to ask if my team would play in this same tournament. I was goin got sit it out, and he needed a team to fill in to make his bracket easier. i said sure. He wanted us to play 16u, even though my entire team was only weeks removed from 12u.
3 days before the tourney I get a call asking us to play 18u because one of the 16u teams was really crying about moving up. It was free for us, so i said sure. I knew he wasnt going to put us against some super star 18u teams.
We went 2-3 for the weekend, losing 2 of those games by 1 run each. 18u, ESPECIALLY IN FALL is terrible. because even the avg 18u teams play "Gold" in the Fall. The rest of them are normally really bad that stay in 18u. Thus the oak park location. They should play Gold just to get out of Oak Park.
Actually Oak Park isnt that bad, it is just that you are out there by yourself and dont get to watch the other teams play.