The Central Crew made it to Ringgold, Georgia for the 7U Dizzy Dean World Series. It was fun to be there since it was in my home state. I knew baseball was big in Georgia but I didn’t realize it was this big. The tournament had a water slide and moon walk. They also had an artist that did custom made air brush art. Crew member Derrick and I both got new head bands with our names spray painted on it.
Even with all this cool stuff going on around us, our tents were still the most popular spot at the tournament.
The MLBPA booth was absolutely crazy. The line was so long it looked like it went on for miles. I was afraid our prize wheel was going to break from all the spinning it did yesterday. It managed to stay in one piece, and we handed out thousands of packs of Topps and Upper Deck baseball cards.
At New Era, we came up with another new game. We took about 30 custom made Baseball Road Trip hats and set them out on the table. We had one special hat with the word “WINNER” written on the underside of the bill of the cap. Kids and parents got to select a hat that they thought was lucky. If they picked the “WINNER” we hooked them up with some cool road trip gear.
The Little League World Series booths never had an open controller. Kids couldn’t get enough of the game on the Wii. Jonathan said he was going to the store after his game to buy it for his house.
We had to play some Dizzy Disney at Disney since we were at a Dizzy Dean tournament. Kids had lots of fun spinning around and throwing balls at the target.
We gave away lots of cards at Topps Attax as well. The winners of our tournaments each walked away with brand new starter packs of cards.
Tomorrow we continue on to the 6U Dizzy Dean World Series so check back to baseballyouth.com and see how it goes.