All,

Scores below from yesterday and today (two games left to play today). Temps have been hovering near 100 both days. Teams seem to be holding up ok. Tournament and District staff have been checking on the teams during play each half inning. We have been looking for signs of heat exhaustion and dehydration. They have plenty of water, Gatorade, and ice. So far so good. We did have a segment in our  managers meeting where we discussed recognizing the signs of heat exhaustion, dehydration and so forth. They were also briefed on how we would handle those situations. Managers were also briefed about what to do with teams when not playing so as not to invite poor performance. Swimming in 100 degree weather is not conducive to good play.

JP only tangled with a fan once – and only once – as to where we allow putting cameras on the backstop, but the rest of the time has been pretty good…. Lots of “West-siders” were wondering what that big white thing in the sky was… we explained it very carefully that is it was something called “the sun” -  and did it slowly, with lots of pictures and drawings in  calm soothing voice so as not to frighten them… Oh, and we said, “ don’t look directly into it.”  😊 One of our tournament volunteers commented, “ I bet they wish their teeth were as white as their legs and arms” 😊 We did notice however that about halfway through the first game most of the crowd departed and went to the big casino which is about 10 minutes from the fields…

Scores from Day 1.5

D8 -18

D11 – 1

D3 – 19

D12 – 1

D6 -1

D9 – 17

D10 – 15

D7 - 5

Regards

JP

DA WA5/13