Dugout Dad wrote:Pale Rider wrote:PDad wrote:Pale Rider wrote:PDad wrote:
I know it's regularly much worse in most parts of the country. I was just setting up my dig at ASA...
I guess we can add Salem VA to the list of professional ASA host cities. I couldn't believe they were holding ASA/USA 16A Nats this year on 12 fields spread across 4 sites - 1 was a HS field.
[ A year after taking their bid for probably the best gig with an expectation of 160 teams, ASA created 16G which took away a lot of the best teams playing ASA. Salem had around 120 teams coming mid-July, so they hit the phones to get around 15 more teams to fill in.
Humidity...I know that
Salem...never been there...dont plan on going
The 16G was handing out berths also...
in LA...a team that didnt win a game at a qualifier got a berth...
This way, teams such as "Lucky Charms" and "Chicks w/ Attitude" can also go to a "National" too.
I know some teams that qualified for ASA and PGF. They made the bad choice of going ASA and barely got out of the gates. I told them that they should've went to PGF and that they probably would've got a few more games in. They said they know but PGF was too expensive.