Wrigley Field Tournament?

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bad info.........

Sparky1 you have a pm.

Spark, just making an observation, can you explain in a little more detail why this is "bad" info?? Not trying to start anything here, I think we have all seen enough of that on the other thread. Why is everyone being so secretive regarding the Wrigley event?

Is there an event being planned at Wrigley and are you/sparks involved, one team two teams perhaps, what about some of the other Top Illinois Teams were they invited? Just curious.

Other teams in Illinos were invited. I do not know who is deciding to play or decided not to play. Alot of football players

your bashing me on the other thread for not being in the know or having a personal relationship with people on a certain team, therefore I couldn't know what's going on. Now you all know about something that possibly might go on at Wrigley field. Funny, how that works. I say something with alot of knowlede behind it but because I only have 90% of the story right I'm an idiot. But you guys have about 10% of this story right and your posting on it.

I guess it's a PG Wood Bat round robin type event Sep 5 & 6? Not much avail on this one. Not even sure who was invited or who has turned it down..

Sept 6th-7th

Teams Invited....

(Pool A)
East Cobb Braves
PG National Team
Ohio Redbirds
Central and Southern Ill team.
Cangelosi Baseball

(Pool B)
South Carolina Diamond Devils
Ws Blazers
Iowa Select
Indy Bulls
St Louis Pirates

Teams turning it down? Zero

Look forward to it and see you at the freindly confines.

Oh sure, put us in the hard bracket there Sparky.

In all seriousness, this has the makings of a fantastic event. My kids can't wait to see the level of baseball being played that weekend.

Diamond Devils won 17U WWBA this year in East Cobb. Should be a great weekend.

Is this tournament open to the public...fans, I mean?

Ben,

Can't wait to see who takes home the traveling Billy Goat Trophy handed out to the winner of our 12:30pm game on Sat. We will make it an annual thing. North vs South, I love it.....

Yep , I got ya! oops , me too.... Actually I put my guys in there just so they dont think they are there yet... Its gonna be a blast.

biggerpapi

It will be open.

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Originally posted by SPARKY1:
Ben,

Can't wait to see who takes home the traveling Billy Goat Trophy handed out to the winner of our 12:30pm game on Sat. We will make it an annual thing. North vs South, I love it.....

Yep , I got ya! oops , me too.... Actually I put my guys in there just so they dont think they are there yet... Its gonna be a blast.

How about we just save everybody a lot of time and a lot of effort and you FedEx that trophy down here???

We can't thank you enough for getting us in here. I've been making calls all over the state, from LaSalle to Harrisburg. Should be a pretty good team.

Great job by Bill Copp and the rest of the Sparks Hierarchy in securing the friendly confines for our guys to play in. I anticipate our fall season being every bit as good and successful as the summer season was.

Keep up the good work Bill !

Sulltiger, if we happen to be at any of the same stops (Wrigley, Champaign, etc.), stop and introduce yourself. I'll be the fat guy in the Outlaws gear.

how many games will be played at Wrigley?

How do you get in this tournament? We are from Southern Il, and would love to get some of my boys in this tournament.

DC,
I'm responsible for fielding the team from Central and Southern Illinois. Shoot me a PM if you have any recommendations.

BD

Wonder how the teams were picked for this thing. If it's a perfect game event I would think the Hitters would have been invited since they won the Iowa event last year or possibly the Longshots since they represented Illinois in the Connie Mac and there's a few teams from Illinois in it. Anybody know?

All of that stuff is inconsequential at this point. From a personal standpoint my kid ( and others ) is going to have the opportunity to patrol the same outfield spot as Hickman , Bittner , Moreland , Dawson , Sammy and now Fukudome . How sweet for a 17 year old . Gonna be a blast !!

Hats off to Billy C. !!

Mr. Diggle

will definitely look you up next chance we get. Im also a fat guy ( by most accounts ) ..you will have no problem recognizing me

Great opportunity for the player's involved to get to play on "hallowed ground".

Nails, high-end travel ball is about relationships. Relationships that travel coaches have with college recruiters. Relationships that tournament promoters have with teams, etc. My guess is that everyone here was asked for a reason and you'll never know why.

Ben_Diggle you have a P.M

Little disappointed in you Sulltiger24. Any Cub fan worth his salt knows that Hawkeye Biittner spelled his name with two i's.

I understand the relationship part completely. I was just curious who put it together and it seems like it was PG. Great opportunity for the kids though, I am sure the competition will be great there.

Is the whole tournament at Wrigley field?

10 teams -20 games-

6 games at Wrigley, 3 each day. Everyone gets one game there and a couple get two. Schedule, times and places will be posted in the next week.

Wow what an opportunity, thanks for the info Spark.

Here's the schedule for the Wrigley Field Tourney

Saturday. September 6th
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Wrigley Field Visitor Home
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9am Cangelosi /Central Illinois Outlaws
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1130am Ohio Redbirds/ Diamond Devils
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200pm PG National/ St. Louis Pirates
.

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Schaumburg Visitor Home
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1030am MW Blazers/ Indiana Bulls
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1:00pm East Cobb /Central Illinois Outlaws
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3:30pm Ohio Redbirds/ East Cobb
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6:00pm Indiana Bulls /Diamond Devils
.

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Northwestern U Visitor Home
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1000am St. Louis Pirates /Michigan
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12:30pm Michigan /Cangelosi
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3:00pm Iowa Select/ MW Blazers
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5:30pm PG National/ Iowa Select
.

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Sunday, September 7th
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Wrigley Field Visitor Home


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9am MW Blazers/ East Cobb
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1130am East Cobb /Indiana Bulls
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200pm Michigan/ Iowa Select
.

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Northwestern U Visitor Home
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9am Iowa Select/ Diamond Devils
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11:30am Diamond Devils /Central Illinois Outlaws
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2:00pm St. Louis Pirates /MW Blazers
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4:30pm Central Illinois Outlaws/ St. Louis Pirates
.

.
Schaumburg Visitor Home
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9am Michigan /Ohio Redbirds
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11:30am PG National/ Ohio Redbirds
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2:00pm Cangelosi /PG National
.
4:30pm Indiana Bulls/ Cangelosi

great weeekend of baseball. is the schaumburg site flyers stadium?

Actually 15 months ago...we approached the Cubs with the idea through their local scout about putting together an event to feature local and regional talent. I contacted Taylor McCoulough with Perfect Game to sanction the event aand give national recognition etc. The Cubs were ready to sign off and the sale of the Cubs and the timing was just not right. The front office decided to put it off a year. Originally it was a MCHenry County idea...but more people than that were in the loop. I am very happy to see this happen. Better late than ever.

that stinks for Mchenry county then if they were the one's with the idea and they aren't even in the tournament and another Illinois team is in their place. Wasn't everyone saying all the games were going to be at Wrigley? Now it's only 6, hope it doesn't go to zero and the kids get an opportunity to play at Wrigley like everyone was saying. Very good teams there, should be a good event.

Can't speak for everyone else, but my kids are just as excited to be playing at Alexian Field and Northwestern.

Ian Gardeck from Crystal Lake South will be pitching for Perfect Game National at Wrigley this weekend. Best of luck to him. What an exciting time for these guys. An awesome experience. Hats off to the organizers of this event.

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Originally posted by Ben_Diggle:
Can't speak for everyone else, but my kids are just as excited to be playing at Alexian Field and Northwestern.

Some travel from S.FL, as well as C.FL for the opportunity of a lifetime to play at Wrigley Field

GO THE DISTANCE IF YOU REALLY LOVE THE GAME!!!

Blessings To ALL Involved