First Tournament Day One.

At 8 am I awoke and was getting ready to make the drive to Salina, KS. It was a long and boring ride but I had myself some Dunkin Donuts to stay awake and "excited" to be driving. When I got to the field complex I spoke with the other Head Coach and we made a productive lineup and talked to our pitchers.
The first game was against the Predators. This team reminded me of the movie Billy Madison. They had their basketball hype circle, they were screaming and yelling and quite frankly I could see any one of them at any moment saying "O'Doyle Rules!"
The first game was ours but a bad inning of pitching and fielding changed the game. What was 6-1 became 6-6. We had a chance to win the game as we were the home team but a 50/50 coaching call and a bad jump by our baserunner ended the game at 6-6, which was the first tie I have ever experienced in my 13 years of baseball.
The second game was ours from the get-go. We played a team called the Scorpions and they were a joke. We mowed through them and ended the day with a win.
We had a team barbecue and I called it an early night to get well rested for a 9:00 A.M. game the next morning.

photo cred. Tracy Jepson

photo cred. Tracy Jepson.