The Central Crew was well rested after a few days off and eager to get back to the ball fields. We loaded our trailer up and headed back to work for the USSSA June Jam.

The weather was perfect, with an 80 degree temperature on a slightly cloudy day. Kids of all ages came out to experience the Baseball Youth Roadtrip Fanfest. All tents were slammed, with kids taking to the Disney XD tent. Everyone wanted thunderstix, as it was the hot commodity of the tournament. Central Crew member Steve created the Disney Dizzy Bat game, which added to the excitement. Lindsey won the inaugural game, and received a Disney XD hat. She was STOKED!!!

In our off time we got to experience all that St. Louis had to offer. We were lucky enough to go to two Cardinals games against the Cincinnati Reds. We met some nice guys at our hotel that even hooked us up with two free tickets! We saw Albert Pujols blast a 415 foot homerun to straight away centerfield. The Cardinals won both games we went to, and since three guys on our crew are huge Reds fans, they left upset. They couldn’t stay mad too long though, because the huge Arch in downtown St. Louis is cool enough to cheer anyone up. A couple of us took an elevator 630 feet to the top of the Arch, while the other two were to scared of heights to come with us.

We’ve had so much fun in St. Louis that we plan on coming back later in the summer. We are off to Illinois for two more stops this weekend so check back to baseballyouth.com to hear more about our road trip.