CINCINNATI, OH - TOUR STOP

July 21 & 22, 2006

We only had to move a few miles down the road for our next stop on the Baseball Youth Road Trip in nearby West Chester, Ohio. The Continental Amateur Baseball Association Ultimate World Series was in town, and with it came lots of loud, screaming voices.

Everyone had a chance to check us out before the opening ceremonies kicked off, and it was hard dragging people away from our zone when it was time for the players to go. Teams from Puerto Rico joined us for the Baseball Card Challenge even though many of them only spoke Spanish. One of the parents translated the questions, and we went on having a blast with the game as usual. It was great taking the Road Trip to an international level.

There was a small rain delay before the first day’s games got under way, but the good news was the horrible heat and humidity had gone away. After several straight days sweating it out in the mid 90s, a day in the low 80s felt so good. A nice cool breeze made it pretty close to a perfect day.

Our zone was probably the busiest it has ever been since we started the trip almost two weeks ago. It was tough enough just to take a couple minutes to eat a little lunch. Players had something exciting to do in between, before and after games, and I think some brothers and sisters did not see a single pitch. We became close enough to some of the kids where we were calling them by their first names.

Ohio sure was an awesome time, but now we gotta head back to Kentucky to see who will represent the Ohio Valley region in the Cal Ripken World Series

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