Doubleheader Lunch

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Does everyone do this? We've played a few Saturday doubleheaders and the home team's parents have supplied lunch for both teams.

I've never seen it. That's cool.

My dad has talked about schools having done that after playoff football games before. Both teams going into the cafeteria or whatever after the game and eating together..

I can tell you that HDJ, Fremd, McHenry, Grayslake Central, Verrado, and a few others do all the time.

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Two weekends in a row the Riverside-Brookfield HS softball opponents provided lunch for players, coaches, and fans.

Last week was Timothy Christian HS in Elmhurst, IL and today it was Ridgewood HS in Norridge, IL.

Both are very classy organizations. The hospitality was very much appreciated. Our parents are now planning to reciprocate at upcoming doubleheaders.



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Fremd does it.

But the best I have seen is Elk Grove--I think Guy Fieri showed up and gave them a few pointers.


Maine South does it a couple of Saturdays a year as well.

Lyons Township has a spread for not only the player's, but offers lunch to the fans as well. It is a very impressive spread of food. They also have a LT parent cookbook that theyput together. It is a lot of hard work for them, and we are very grateful everytime we go there to play them.

Streator does it for both teams and if there is anything left over we give it to whoever is hungry.

Guy Fieri???

I was thinking of bringing Lunchables and juice boxes. Guess I'll have to step it up.

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I know. I know. That's some good eatin'...no doubt!

How many more do you want Guy? Five of each?



Got it Guy. Five of the pizza...





And five of the Strawberry Kiwi Kraze©.






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Deerfield does it for all at home Sat. double headers inbetween games. They feed both teams all parents and anyone else in attendance. Even the umps! The fresh grilled onions are always a treat! In addition to hot dogs and burgers, they do BBQ Chicken and/ or fresh italian sausag (caputo market)

I have seen this done at Niles West. The year we played there, the grandson on Maurey Berman, owner of Superdawg was on the team, lunch was ALL GOOD!!!

I have also seen it done at New Trier.

It is a nice effort on the part of all these teams

New Trier does this at all home double headers at all levels.

The last two years we played at St. Viator, it was done on the lower levels. Was much appreciated.

And the New Trier spread was really good. Had it a couple years ago, even the parents got to eat. Grilled food, homemade potato salad. Thanks for what they do!

We played a Varsity/JV doubleheader against Lake Zurich and their parents were gracious enough to feed our entire team, the coaching staff and then offered food to our fans! It was an awesome spread.

If anybody from Lake Zurich reads this, thank you! You guys are a class act up there, good luck with the rest of your season.

Minooka sophs did it last 2-weeks for home double-headers--for anyone who was there--one mom made the best salad ever and all the boys on the team loved the casadeas(spelling)--proceeded to score 17 runs in the 1st inning of the 2nd game-(most i think Ive ever seen scored in an inning) maybe we should feed them casadeas more often.

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QUESADILLA

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I umpire the catholic league and usually on saturday's all the catholic schools I have umped usually feed both teams.

Warren does it for all Saturday home games in between the double headers. We feed both teams, all parents and the fans in attendance.

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Here's an aerial view of our most recent lunch spread between games. This shot was taken from our booster club's "Bulldog One" which, when we're not flying a banner behind, we use for security and crowd control.



As you can see our lunch offering pretty much encompasses the entire baseball field, but remarkably our crack team of 250 or so volunteers (and no, they're not all from Tennessee) always has the equipment broken down and stored and the entire field policed before the umpire cries "Play ball!" at the start of game two.

And, in case you're wondering, when the game is over and the throng has exited our baseball field then becomes our airfield where "Bulldog One" and our backup plane "Bulldog Three" glide in for, hopefully, smooth landings. Where's "Bulldog Two"? Don't ask...just Google®.

Oh...and keeping with Chicago area standards...never ask for ketchup on your dog!




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