HOPKINSVILLE, KY - TOUR STOP

July 14 & 15, 2006

As players, parents, brothers and sisters walked into Tie Breaker Park in Hopkinsville, Ky., Friday they were greeted by the massive Baseball Youth Road Trip trailer in the second stop of the tour.

In the Bluegrass State, the main event was the National Amateur Baseball Federation Freshman World Series with 14 teams participating. Turns out we were one day late as Onley Pirates pitcher Danny Martinson pitched a perfect game in the tournament’s first contest.

We did not see pitching’s hardest feat, but the good weather must have traveled with us from Memphis because it was a perfect day for our national pastime. Only a freak one minute rain shower from the lone small dark cloud in the sky delayed the fun and games.

Just two stops into our long journey, and we can already tell what player most people love because they always want his baseball card above anyone else. That player is St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols. While not everyone could get their paws on a Pujols card, everyone won multiple prizes throughout the day.

Louisville and Crosby Park better be ready for an unbelievably great time because the Baseball Youth Road Trip moves there next.

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