The SCHEDULE AND RESULTS PAGE is here!
We will also be using both Twitter - watch for #Erie2012 and NEWS-2 from the ball park.
Arrived in Erie at 7pm thanks in large measure to the two hour line up on the bridge into the USA then the traffic tie up on the I-90 west.
Settled into the Avalon and headed to the park where a good sized crowd was out to see the first two games of the tournament.
Very impressed with the play of the young Argentina Juniors who held Midland to a 3-3 tie into the 7th and it took the Explorers the extra inning to defeat the young team from South America.
Argentina also played very well in the second game, maybe they did not know that the NY Gremlins are so highly rated. It was a fun game to watch.
I hope to have the game sheets for Games 1 and 2 in the morning, they were not ready when I left the park but I have been promised them for Sat morning.
Game sheets coming to me slow and steady all day Saturday but often I had to go back to the hotel to just type up 1 or 2 while other times I was handed 4 at a time to take back and upload. Thanks for everyone's patience.
It was a very very hot and humid day in the ballpark with lots of dust as the wind was blowing all day.
The score keepers I am working with are great, its easy to read their writing and they are adding in lots of comments on the big hits etc.
10:30pm Sat night and the final game is just getting started. I have a big decision to make and I made it. I abandoned the last game to come back to the hotel to type up the 4 game summary sheets just turned over to me.
As the final game tonight will not impact the final standings as far as playoffs go, I will wait until Sunday to record that final score, unless somone emails or tweets it to me.
NOTE: there was no game sheet for the game between Kitchener Cubs and Midland Explorers. The game ended early when a Cub batter was hit by a pitch from the Midland pitcher. The umpires in discussion with the managers of the two teams decided to call the game. Cubs were ahead at the time. The Midland pitcher called out to "watch out" when he lost control of the pitch. No harm was intended. That is all I was given on the incident. AD
SUNDAY
Ready to go for the single elimination games!
Hill United will be streaming from diamond 1 and www.ballparkradio.com live with the play by play! NY Gremlins vs Hill United on diamond 1
and PA Power vs Jarvis Travelers on diamond 2.
Winners meet on diamond 1 at noon, also on www.ballparkradio.com
SF-2 Jarvis Travelers won their game over PA Power 11-1 and will face Hill United when the rain stops.
SF-1 Hill United won their game 7-6 over New York Gremlins in 8 innings and then the rain came down, hard.
12:40pm and I am back in the hotel to update what I have and to await the call for the championship game to start and I will then go back to the park.
Stay tuned to www.ballparkradio.com
We were on Twitter - watch for #Erie2012 all morning
and the game was live on www.ballparkradio.com and Hill United were streaming the SF-1 game this morning.
12:45pm and officially the Championship Game is RAINED OUT!
The 2012 co-champions are Jarvis Travelers and Hill United. Congratulations to both teams on well earned victories all weekend.
Congratulations to ALL the teams who participated, and thank you for a fantastic weekend of fastball in Erie.
A special thank you to the Argentina Junior team who came so far and who played like the big guys! Really enjoyed having you in the park!
Thanks to Billy and to Jamie for organizing this great tournament, a true warm up for the Big Show next week!
