The Central Crew finished up their second Illinois tour stop, this time only a short distance from yesterdays. We dropped in on the action at the Summer Slam in O’Fallon, IL. We started setting up all our tents first thing in the morning to crystal clear skies. Once the finishing touches were put on all of our booths, the crowds started pouring in to spin the wheel at our MLBPA booth. Jackie was the first to land on the MLB logo and we rewarded her with the 25 Upper Deck and Topps pack bonus. Her hands were so full of cards that she was leaving a trail behind her as she excitedly went to show off to her big brother!

The weather started turning on us in the early afternoon and the crew was not sure if the noise they were hearing was thunder in the sky or if it was the sound of baseballs flying of all the 2010 Louisville Slugger bats we had rented out. After a little more investigation we decided it was a combination of both. We had to tell the loads of kids playing Little League World Series that we had to pack up a little early to make sure none of our equipment got too wet.

We once again souped up the Disney XD challenge by having the long distance throwing contest. After three rounds there were only two players left. Darius ended up winning in sudden death overtime and was ecstatic to take home a new Disney XD shirt.

We have a few days to get to our next stop in Kansas City. Keep checking back to baseballyouth.com to see our progress.