The 2009 Baseball Youth Road Trip kicked off its tour in Milford, Ohio and set the bar high for the rest of the tour. We stopped in at the Cincinnati Patriots 21 Gun Salute Tournament at Tealtown Park and had an exciting day. With over 80 teams the action never stopped and we were able to hand out tons of cool stuff to the players and fans. Kids got tons of packs of Upper Deck and Topps baseball cards and players even got to test out our new line of Louisville Slugger bats. One kid even hit his first home run with our 2010 Triton! We want to congratulate Jacob for being the first person to get a pack of cards on our 2009 Road Trip.

We asked Jacob what he thought about the Road Trip and here is what he had to say. “This tour is pretty cool because everyone gets to do tons of fun stuff. I got to see all the major league hats, play with Louisville Slugger gear, and try out Little League World Series on the Nintendo Wii.”

This tournament was over the top. In honor of Memorial Day, War Veterans all threw out ceremonial first pitches. Then, later in the day, there was a real 21 gun salute. And if that wasn’t enough, there was even a flyover with 4 planes. IT WAS AWESOME!!! With all this amazing stuff going on at the tournament it’s no wonder that there were news channels filming the action. I even got the chance to get a live interview with the local news.

The city of Cincinnati was a cool place to visit. We got to go to the Reds game at Great American Ballpark. The game was close but the Reds ended up pulling out a win. We were treated to a fireworks display leaving the stadium.

We head to Morehead, KY tomorrow for another stop on the tour. Keep checking out baseballyouth.com to follow our progress.