- Feb 12, 2014
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DD and her team played in a "Showcase" this weekend which was a complete joke, might as well called it a five game friendly
1 - We received an email one week before "showcase" asking us to submit rosters and also requesting a list of coaches our girls have invited so the information could be posted, they described this one week before as an "OPEN" showcase, this was a new term for myself and our entire coaching staff. They didn't invite one coach as an organization; they counted on the attending players to do the inviting only.
2 – This showcase was advertised as a PGF event, but was not listed on PGF site when searched later on.
3 – We are told the games will be played by PGF Rules with the exception of the following:
Game Rules (PGF w/the following exceptions):
• “Games are 7 innings or 1 hour 25 minutes - finish the inning.”
Our 1st game was against one of the teams whose organization was running the “showcase” – we were struggling and the score was 10-4 after 6 inning. The umpire calls the came base on the run rule being 6 after six inning. There was still 15 minutes left on the 1:25 clock. I speak to tournament representative, turns out there was some confusion between the “Showcase” director and the assigning umpire. Two sets of rules were sent out. The present represitive apologizes, offers us a 6th game all is well.
We arrive on Sunday, and we are told they changed mind and this run rule after 6 would still be enforced. Well I went ballistic on this guy, I felt bad afterwards. – Never saw the actual tournament director ONCE, only spoke to him on phone.
My argument was that once they made the exceptions as shown above, that was rules since it was posted on then “Showcase” site.
4 – Last but not least, you could always tell the fields which had the organizers of the “showcase” playing on it, they had people out there tamping home plate and pitchers mound, field was completely dragged, and the fields were being hosed down.
5 – The recommended a hotel which was 40 minutes away, and we needed to take two toll roads to get to the complex.
As a parent and a team director I was very disappointed this weekend. Am I over reacting of do you think I have a legit beef ?
1 - We received an email one week before "showcase" asking us to submit rosters and also requesting a list of coaches our girls have invited so the information could be posted, they described this one week before as an "OPEN" showcase, this was a new term for myself and our entire coaching staff. They didn't invite one coach as an organization; they counted on the attending players to do the inviting only.
2 – This showcase was advertised as a PGF event, but was not listed on PGF site when searched later on.
3 – We are told the games will be played by PGF Rules with the exception of the following:
Game Rules (PGF w/the following exceptions):
• “Games are 7 innings or 1 hour 25 minutes - finish the inning.”
Our 1st game was against one of the teams whose organization was running the “showcase” – we were struggling and the score was 10-4 after 6 inning. The umpire calls the came base on the run rule being 6 after six inning. There was still 15 minutes left on the 1:25 clock. I speak to tournament representative, turns out there was some confusion between the “Showcase” director and the assigning umpire. Two sets of rules were sent out. The present represitive apologizes, offers us a 6th game all is well.
We arrive on Sunday, and we are told they changed mind and this run rule after 6 would still be enforced. Well I went ballistic on this guy, I felt bad afterwards. – Never saw the actual tournament director ONCE, only spoke to him on phone.
My argument was that once they made the exceptions as shown above, that was rules since it was posted on then “Showcase” site.
4 – Last but not least, you could always tell the fields which had the organizers of the “showcase” playing on it, they had people out there tamping home plate and pitchers mound, field was completely dragged, and the fields were being hosed down.
5 – The recommended a hotel which was 40 minutes away, and we needed to take two toll roads to get to the complex.
As a parent and a team director I was very disappointed this weekend. Am I over reacting of do you think I have a legit beef ?
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