Posting this note from Casper Park at Chippewa Falls, where the ISC II Tournament of Champions gets underway tomorrow, Sunday, August 14, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. Wisconsin (Central) time. The Denmark, WI Circle Tap Lumberjacks, Memphis TN Posse, Galena, IL Keg & Cask Liquor Store and Wausau, WI Rep & Baja’s get the honors of playing the first games.
Blair and I were at the fields today, getting our “Pepsi wagon” broadcast booth ready to go for the ISC Broadcasts. First broadcast will be at 1pm tomorrow, CST. (See www.ballparkradio.com for complete details. The folks in Chippewa Falls have really outdone themselves in prepping the ballpark. They mowed the outfield grass again today and have been dragging, and chalking all day long. The concession stand looks ready to go, and I can vouch that the beer is cold – well, at least the cans in the cooler I saw are. The menu prices can’t be beat, but it does make you hungry to see all of the items they will be offering – though all it does today is make my mouth water, as they are not open for business. As Blair mentioned yesterday, the beer is 3 for $5. And if that wasn’t enough, now they are offering 6 for $10 😉
The weather today has been gorgeous, sunny and warm with a bit of a breeze — much more comfortable than the heat wave that rolled through here when I was here for the NAFA World Series in 2003. The improvements from those days are everywhere. Concrete pads around the backstops, new bleachers, grass filled in around the diamonds, larger tented picnic areas, and more.
We listened to some of the ISC games today from Eau Claire, while doing our final sound checks. We are looking forward to getting our games on the air starting tomorrow and seeing some great fastball action all week long. Thanks to all of you who have taken the time to do an “online profile” at ballparkradio, to help provide bio info for our broadcasts. They make for interesting reading.
Until 11am tomorrow, when we hear the words, “play ball” !