Tournament Time

The Alamosa Little League tournament started on Tuesday. The Dodgers were the 3rd seed going into the tournament and played their first round game against the Pirates. I felt sorry for the Pirates because they didn't win one game all season but was happy that Jamie's team advanced to the second round of the tournament. Their second game was against the Blue Jays, a team that they had lost to twice during the regular season. The Blue Jays are good, seemingly stacked with big, athletic boys. I think they have more than their fair share of 9-year-olds on their roster. The Dodgers played them hard and close but were not able to pull off the upset. The loss put the Dodgers into the losers bracket and they will play again on Thursday night.

The team donned their "rally caps" and did have a late 4th inning rally but it was not enough to fend off the mighty Blue Jays.

The game was closer than the scoreboard makes it appear. For reasons beyond the control of the intelligent spectator, the Home team (Blue Jays) was allowed to bat in the bottom of the 4th inning, even though they were already winning, 4-2. The IDIOTS that make up the "rules" for this league hold fast to the determination that each game will last for 3 innings and/or one hour. Apparently, after 3 innings, we had not yet hit the hour time mark so we played the 4th inning and the Blue Jays were allowed to come back for the bottom half of the 4th inning and run up the score with 5 more runs.
Great way to encourage good sportsmanship, right?
Yet another point of contention I have with our local Parks & Rec department!!!
(...don't get me started...)