This morning Donna and I went to Columbia, SC to watch some friend’s kid play in a baseball tournament. He plays on an 11 & under “traveling” team that seems to play in these tournaments every other weekend all over the state.
Gotta run into bucks. They have two different complete uniforms, there is an entrance fee for the team to get in, meals and if it is more than 100 miles away there are hotel rooms. The place we went to today charged $5 a head to get in. The players get in for free (if you don’t count the entrance fee,) but parents and sibling have to pay to watch. Priced an aluminum bat recently, the $20 bat from Wal-Mart won’t cut it, the bat they want costs about a hundred and a half. Most of them have their own custom air brushed batting helmets.
I don’t know if the team picked up the tab for it, or a parent bought it, but both teams seemed to have a small radar gun that they used to track the opposing team’s pitcher’s speed. I’m sure the level of microwave energy coming from these things is low, but if my kid was a pitcher, he’d have a metal lined cup for his jockstrap. Wouldn’t want to take any chances with his still developing family jewels. 🙂
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