Being a spectator at PG Arizona summer baseball tournaments

The team and event organization should have this info. Do you know Dan Sozzi?

Bob

Our organization has limited information and the PG website has none. Sorry, I don't know Dan Sozzi.

Find the contact person at PG Tournament and request the answers to your questions or make a direct request to Rangers or Royals Clubhouse Managers in Surprise. You deserve answers to your questions and $$$$ expended.

Bob

Folsom;

check this web site for your answers.

https://www.surpriseaz.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=5133

Bob

Thanks I will check out the website.

Really looking for insights from past participants of what worked best in regards to stadium chairs or camping style chairs, if they brought or purchases umbrellas for shade, and how they stayed cool and hydrated.

Get ready to sweat!  Lol.  We've been to USA Baseball Championships 3times, Wilson Classic and a PG championship of some kind, and AZ Fall Classic.  All held at MLB facilities, so we've done summer in AZ a few times.  Although honestly I've forgotten which ones the R/R are.

Bring your own shade and a chair.  (sorry probably not the answer you wanted)  Some of the seating at these events is minimal and usually the areas directly behind home plate is reserved for scouts. You could probably get away with a stadium chair and an umbrella, but a few fields don't have any seating or it's a small bleacher area at best, so you'll have to "play nice" with other fans and their umbrellas. I prefer the foldout chairs that have a mesh inset, they're a little cooler and a freestanding umbrella  that's adjustable.   (RE area for scouts: It's not labeled, so if there are scouts at your event, DON'T sit there). Some of the fields have overhead shade but frequently it's not over the (small) stands.   A few tips: be careful about what you wear.  I tend to wear running gear simply because I have it and it breaths.  Cooling towels, both for you and your player.  Light color hiking hat that can get wet (cooled down) is nice if it's REALLY hot for you. Pedialyte is your friend, try to decrease sugar and caffeine for your guy leading up to the event.  I can't imagine doing it, for a mid day game, without a cooler. Maybe a cheap one?  Or maybe check out a Play-It-Again sports type place?  I guess we are lucky to be in SoCal so we drive over with all the gear.

Best of luck!

@LousyLefty, thank you so much for the detail, very helpful.

You mention bringing a cooler, but on the PG website it clearly says coolers are not allowed. Have you had success bringing one in? What about a backpack, are there restrictions for those too?

Hmmm. I think we’ve only done one PG, but we’ve never NOT brought the cooler.  And it wasn’t subtle, big rolling one.  So I don’t know.  The snack bars were open when we were there last week, but we were in Peoria at Mariners facility. We still buy stuff from the snack bar (a habit from supporting local LL and booster clubs)  but rolling that big cooler was worth it….dipping the Frogg Toggs in ice water and then draping over your neck? 30 seconds of heaven and you can’t buy that at the snack bar.

I can’t imagine backpacks being banned, every scout has the same all black one don’t they?  

Can’t speak to AZ specifically, but we’ve never had a problem with a backpack cooler in SoFL/GA events

Here now. Blazing hot. Little shade. 7am games. Coolers and all else allowed. Bring chairs. Concessions open.

This tournament should not be held here at this time. Greedy tournament directors. Humans were not made for 110 degree+ heat.

Never again.

@DD 2024 posted:

Here now. Blazing hot. Little shade. 7am games. Coolers and all else allowed. Bring chairs. Concessions open.

This tournament should not be held here at this time. Greedy tournament directors. Humans were not made for 110 degree+ heat.

Never again.

And yet you will likely go back.  Again and Again.  And when your son is a rising senior, you'll wipe the dripping sweat from your brow and realize it's the likely the last time you'll lose 5lbs in water weight in a two hour period and you'll be surprised that a tiny part of you is sad....

And 7am games are way better than the 1pm games.  Hit Cracker Barrel after the game and head back to the hotel for a carb coma/nap

@LousyLefty posted:

And yet you will likely go back.  Again and Again.  And when your son is a rising senior, you'll wipe the dripping sweat from your brow and realize it's the likely the last time you'll lose 5lbs in water weight in a two hour period and you'll be surprised that a tiny part of you is sad....

And 7am games are way better than the 1pm games.  Hit Cracker Barrel after the game and head back to the hotel for a carb coma/nap

the team my son plays the  fall classic with stays at the hotel next to Cracker Barrel.  I'm ready to move in!!  we don't have those where i live in norcal (there's one in Sacramento, i hear but not in the Bay Area) and MAN!! those breakfasts!!

the other hidden gem we discovered near the peoria complex was Freddy's Frozen Custard and Steakburgers. 

@LousyLefty posted:

And yet you will likely go back.  Again and Again.  And when your son is a rising senior, you'll wipe the dripping sweat from your brow and realize it's the likely the last time you'll lose 5lbs in water weight in a two hour period and you'll be surprised that a tiny part of you is sad....

And 7am games are way better than the 1pm games.  Hit Cracker Barrel after the game and head back to the hotel for a carb coma/nap

Ha!  Yeah OK I needed that. 

But the reality is that I wound up in the ER on an IV drip, diagnosed with heat exhaustion after the first double-header. And that was just from sitting under a tent. Can only imagine what my vitals would have been if son had pitched those games.

BRING YOUR OWN SHADE. (caps for emphasis - seriously it's crucial

@DD 2024 posted:

Ha!  Yeah OK I needed that. 

But the reality is that I wound up in the ER on an IV drip, diagnosed with heat exhaustion after the first double-header. And that was just from sitting under a tent. Can only imagine what my vitals would have been if son had pitched those games.

I hope you're feeling better and were able to figure out something you could change to not end up in ER again.  I'm not a huge water drinker, so I put electrolyte powder in my hydro flask to maximize what I'm drinking.  More water and clothes that breath might help?

Get yourself one of these if you think you'll be back...

https://www.homedepot.com/p/RY...ger-PMF01K/312025245

@knownothingdad posted:

Get yourself one of these if you think you'll be back...

https://www.homedepot.com/p/RY...ger-PMF01K/312025245

These are an absolute game changer if you have the setup to haul them.  Pro tip, drop a bag of ice into the water bucket for cold mist. We will be out there the last week of July and will have the mister fan and shade canopy in the wagon.

Yeah, thanks everyone. I'm just fine. Took a couple days to reset but I made it out OK. Not sure I'll be attending next year though.

Found that natural shade is much cooler than pop-ups, especially if there's grass under the tree. That was my game-changer.

But I'll check out the mister. Seems like something fun and useful to have. Cheers.