12 year old had his first tourney at the 14U level here at our local PONY league. It is one of those pre season kick off tourneys here in the South Sound and he was really excited to play in it.
They had their first game last night. The game had alreay been postponed twice due to rain but they scheduled it at the Regional Athletic Complex here in Lacey, a place with an artificial infield, so there was no stopping it this time around.
The forcast, as everone around here knows, wasn't that good. To make matters worse the game started at 6pm and if the boys won they played the second game immediately afterward to get back on schedule. It was about 42 at start time of game one and about 38 at the start of game 2.
We were watching the skies as they grew darker as 5:45 approached. Our boys went out for warmups and just as the umpire called to start play it let loose with hail and a downpour. The field was literally covered with small fish tank pebble sized ice pellets. After a delay of about 20 minutes the boys took the field and started play. They played the first game in that smattering of ice and torrential rain and managed to win 5-4. I was excited that the boys won but realized they would be immediately playing a second game.
The rain had stopped but the temp dropped for the start of the second game. Of course the team they played was warm and dry and missed all of the fun while our boys were soaked and miserable. We went out and got hand warmers and tried to keep them as warm as possible but it is hard to throw a baseball when you can't feel your fingers. They went down 20-7 mostly due to the inability of our pitchers to get the ball over the plate. It was ******* cold out there.
They play again tomorrow night. It will be cold but at least it will by dry-I hope.
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