- May 29, 2015
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We were in that one. They gave us a full refund of $650. They were indeed not charging gate. That was a “good to great” move, here is why.
I always like that tournament except they wouldn’t open the back gates ( I asked them to three years in a row) and it was a long walk to the back fields. It was too long of a walk especially for older people. I don’t know what it was about the people they had working the one gate you could go through but I have never been on a team where the parents and coaches didn’t complain about those old bats.
Opening up the gates on both ends and getting rid of the gate ladies makes that a much better tournament.
I was reading that literally as "old [softball] bats" and it took me a few times. Duh!
Be nice, those old bats bought me donuts for throwing Legendary Larry out of a game! They really are some nice old ladies. I've seen both sides of them though, even as parent before I worked up there. I gave them some grief one morning because they wouldn't let me bring my coffee mug in. I asked if they served coffee, because I would happily buy it from them if they did. They did not (at that point in time anyway), but still would not let me take it in. So I sat out there for about 15 minutes and finished my coffee with them. Talk to them and they are nice, be an rear to them ... well, you get what you give. They put up with A LOT of crap. (Some of which is self-inflicted.)
I'm not sure what "back gates" you are referring to. Maybe I never paid attention. The only entrances that I know of are on both sides of "the front" (near the parking lots, away from the highway). You can come in on the park side or the high school side. The only other entrance I know of comes in through the umpire area.
As far as walking, that is one thing that I really admire up there: their shuttle service for senior citizens or individuals with disabilities. They could do a little better job by giving them radios to be summoned, but I always thought they did an admirable job continually going back and forth, particularly shuttling folks to the back quad.
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