Pacific Southwest Regionals - Day 1

Here we are in Fallon, NV. It has been an enjoyable experience for the boys so far. The pool play started yesterday. We are still trying to figure out how random the pool selection was. There are 2 pools with 4 teams each. Our pool is Delta, Central California, Northern California, and can you guess the 4th team? Yeah, that's right, Southern California. The other pool is Highland, UT and 3 Nevada teams. Oh, did I mention that Nevada only has 4 teams playing in the Cal Ripken 11 year old 70 ft league? So we are definitely in the toughest pool. That isn't so bad, I mean a good challenge is always interesting, but they are eliminating the 4th place team from each pool before tournament play even starts. Anyway enough whining...



The first game last night was against Central California (Bakersfield). By far the best team in the tournament. We knew going in that, if we had a shot, it was our defense that would have to win it. Unfortunately, "it" didn't show up until the second inning. Bakersfield jumped out to a 10-0 lead in the bottom of the 1st inning. We had runners on in every inning, we just couldn't get them home.

We held them in the 2nd and only allowed 1 run in the 3rd. Final damage: 11-0, 10 runned in the 4th.

It looks like our best chance for a win will be today against Los Altos (Southern California). Good team, but none of their boys look like they have been juicing.

Look at the size of their catcher (squatting he is almost as tall as David) and 1st baseman. There was only one kid on the team that was even close to our boys sizes. They probably out weighed us 2 or 3 to 1.





No matter what happens, it will be a good experience for these boys. More later