PABaseball posted:Call the organization and demand a refund or credit towards another event. I understand weather issues happen, but if the weather was bad enough to prevent them from using the mound then it was bad enough to cancel the event. Call and play hard ball. They will likely give you credit towards another event because A. It makes the customers happy. B. Your son will likely do better at another event and if he ever goes to college or pro ball they can put his name on the site. And C. They know the mound sucked and they knew people would call complaining but they would rather give 10 unhappy parents their money back than everybody their money back which is why they continued under the conditions anyway.
This is part of the reason I never paid for the showcases. I know they are worried about the $ and not the results, they will never cancel and a poor performance in front of schools you're interested in makes a bigger impression than a good one.
Ps. Wear the metal spikes anyway, nobody will tell you to take them off and if they do your son can tell them he didn't know it was turf and wore sandals. I don't think mine has ever worn non-metal cleats to any baseball game since he hit the big field. Nobody has ever said anything, it's just done to prevent everybody from wearing metals.
I have seen them numerous times at Lakepointe make players take their metal cleats off. One kid had nothing else and they refused to let him pitch. Dad pitched a fit and was escorted from the facility. The director showed him clearly it was on everything. I do not like turf mounds and I think it affects the speeds because neither turf shoes or rubber cleats work good on them in damp conditions.