The Central Crew was treated to a great show at the opening ceremonies of the BPA World Series in Owensboro, Kentucky (the sports capital of Kentucky). They pulled out all the stops as the packed arena was rocking all night long. There were fireworks, confetti, and fog throughout the evening. It was a really exciting and fun evening and was no surprise that the fun continued the next day at Fisher Park for the World Series games.
Our booths were packed from the start. At the MLBPA booth everyone was hoping to hit the jackpot and win 20 packs of cards. We had tons of winners walk away with handfuls or cards and big smiles on their face. One young fan was even lucky enough to open up a Mickey Mantle.
At Little League World Series, games were getting hot and heavy. Our home run derby winner Toby won a new 2009 LLWS DS game. She was so excited about winning the game she ran all around the park holding up her new game.
At Topps Attax, everyone was anxious to win themselves a starter pack of cards.. We let lots of kids take a pack home to begin their collection and start forming their teams on Toppstown.com.
Kids were anxious to see how hard they could throw the wiffle ball through the Disney XD sign. I even got down in the catchers position and tried to catch some of the flamethrowers gas. One ball was thrown so hard it almost hit me in the face.
At New Era we played “Stump the Chump” where I asked very difficult baseball trivia questions. These players were so smart that they still were able to answer most of my questions and Elijah was able to win a Baseball Youth Road Trip ball cap.
The Slugger bats were once again very popular with the tournament players. They were looking for any added competitive advantage and the use of the new 2010 Slugger bats was exactly what they were looking for. The Tigers took one of each model and beat their opponent by 12 runs. You can draw your own conclusions.
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