BRAT "Come Out Swingin" Tournament

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After a few awkward weekends of weather, I would like to give props and kudos to the tourney directors, field crews and teams for a wonderful weekend of softball. I’ll even give props to a few of the umpires for doing great jobs of officiating most of the games.

I know the TD’s get hit up for a lot of things they have no control over, however this past weekend was extremely satisfying in my books & how things are going to be run with future events.

All the fields at Louis Park had mesh fences which makes the games played and coached differently.

The regular field crews at Louis Park did an absolutely great job of maintaining each and every one of the 4 fields for each game with field brushes, water and chalk. Super job to Jeff and the crew!

Patty, Sheila & Cherie (I think), always pleasant ladies at the front gate.

The teams competing this weekend in all divisions 10s, 12s & 14s was fun to watch.

Congrats to Mizuno All American 10s for continuing to play hard & lead the way against All American Sports Academy 10s.

Congrats to Grapettes-Norwood and KG Hitters-Pete for a good game by two deserving 12 teams.

Congrats to Top Shelf Softball and TC Smash-98 for two outstanding 14-U softball games played by some real real impressive 8th graders. That was some quality ball ladies!!

Thanks to Ron the Umpire coordinator at Louis Park for listening to the coaches needs and making adjustments when and where you could with umpires, crews and decisions.

Finally, Bart and Roy, I actually know what you do each weekend and what it takes to make these events happen. So great job gentlemen!!…………………..I’ll get my $50 from each of you later.

[FlyBaller]

I agree, great job to the TD and field crew. Saw some good games, impressive players and teams with potential. All in all...good stuff! Looking forward to Fresno this weekend!

[sdrew]

$50.00 ea, that all for that post! I agree 100% thing are so much better, Talked to several umps this weekend about attitude and coach umpire communication. I believe if we can get together and talk this out we can continue to have a pleasant softball experience in Stockton. Congrats to the BRAT Staff. Oh I all most forgot. The guy who presented the awards, we could do better.....lol

[Iluvblue]

The most important part for me is the fact that positive steps are being made in regards to out of control umpires. When a coach gets ejected from a game before the game even starts??/ We have a problem (no, it was not me). We have wanted TD to be able to run their tournament in ways that makes the paying customer feel better about going there, and that appears to be happening.

Those backstops make Arnaiz so much better. That facility is top notch. Clean restrooms, great fields, and responsive people running things.

And please stop complaining about gate fees or no food allowed inside.

I paid 8 bucks to watch two college games in Turlock last weekend. You pay 5 bucks to watch 1 Oakdale HS game. You pay 7 bucks to watch a HS football game. Those fields arent free, and what kind of profit someone makes is irrelevant. We know the costs to play, if they give us a good product, then we cant complain. If they give us crap (5 year ago a field would go all day and NEVER see chalk or a drag) then we have every reason to complain.

good job guys!

[Mr. Monday!]

Looked at the Sundays bracket and there were some great games. Can someone tell me who TS Softball is?

[dhuey]

Team TS is a group of 13's that had nowhere to play this spring. They're anywhere from Monterey up to Grass Valley. Fresno Force will be there last real tourney before heading back to there respective teams.

[cencal]

The most important part for me is the fact that positive steps are being made in regards to out of control umpires. When a coach gets ejected from a game before the game even starts??

In our first game on Saturday,one of our assistant coaches was ejected for leaving the dugout (reason/going to restroom) I'm not sure if there was more to it than just leaving the dugout. Despite a few bad calls, games went pretty smooth.

Overall, It was nice to see the girls back in action with no cold weather to worry about. It was nice to see the new fencing at Arnaiz and the fields prepped for each new game.

We look forward to going back there and compete with some very good quality teams.

[NatRx]

Looked at the Sundays bracket and there were some great games. Can someone tell me who TS Softball is?

http://www.eteamz.com/allamericansoftba ... cat=608493

[Tenshun]

TS definitely has a talented group of girls. Anyone care to list the teams these girls are returning to for the summer or does TS really stand for Top Secret softball? Bucket minds wants to know!

[NatRx]

TS definitely has a talented group of girls. Anyone care to list the teams these girls are returning to for the summer or does TS really stand for Top Secret softball? Bucket minds wants to know!

TS has come to mean different things to different people on any given day...

In alphabetical order:

AASA
Grapettes
KG Hitters
Lady Hustle
Lady Magic
Salinas Storm
Silverstreak