July 24th, 2012 - Opening Ceremonies Recap

World Series Recap – 7-24-12

On a typical tournament weekend, Big League Dreams Chino Hills will have at most, eighteen teams in their park; twelve teams playing on the six fields, and six more waiting to play on those fields.  If you estimate that each team brings approximately 50 people per team (12 players, 3 coaches, roughly 35 parents and siblings), then you’re looking at about 1,000 people maximum in the park at any given time.  The Opening Ceremonies for the 2012 Western World Series aimed to push Big League Dreams Chino Hills to their limits.  By 5:00 PM, there were over 80 teams in the park, plus 10 different vendors, along with the extra USSSA and Big League Dreams staff called in to help run the park.  A safe estimate would say that there were over 5,000 people in the park, trading pins, shopping, socializing, and generally having a good time.

July 16th, 2012 - Summer Slam Recap

Due to the high workload for next week's World Series, I will unfortunately be unable to write a blog post for the Summer Slam.  Thank you to all the teams that participated.  Here is a list of the Champions and Runner Ups.

July 10th, 2012 - Independence Recap

Independence – July 7-8, 2012

8-Under:

The 8-Under tournament saw a lot of fresh faces this weekend.  In Sunday’s playoff games, TABB Red met up with Park Bums again.  On Saturday, these two teams had met in their second games, but ended in a 6-6 Tie.    In Sunday’s game, there had to be a winner though, and TABB Red stepped up, upsetting the higher ranked Park Bums.  Heading into the Championship game, TABB Red faced the only undefeated team, So Cal Mulisha.  After a hard fought game, TABB Red took home a win with a 7-6 upset.

July 3rd, 2012 - Firecracker NIT Recap

Weekend Recap 7-3-12

Firecracker NIT – June 30th – July 1st, 2012

7-Under:

The 7-Under Chino Hills Thunder is always playing up in 8-Under tournaments, and if they’re not winning them, they’re giving the older boys a run for their money.   If they do that well in the older division, then you know they’re going to do well in an actual 7-Under tournament.  In their first three pool play games, they didn’t give up a single run, and even though they gave up 4 runs in the championship game, they scored 20, giving them the first place trophy.  We will be seeing the Thunder in championship games for years to come.