10/1/2011 8:42:16 PM
ROUND ROCK, Texas - I just got back to my hotel room after what is rapidly becoming a 14-hour work day and will offer a final update from the first day of action at the WWBA South Qualifier.
All of the 38 teams in the field got in their first two pool-play games today and 14 emerged unbeaten at 2-0. Obviously, all of that will change when pool-play concludes Sunday morning and early afternoon. Head-to-head pool championship games will be played in Pool B between unbeatens Brazos Valley Renegades and Action Baseball Club 18u Green; in Pool D between South Texas Sliders-Pierce and HC Reds; Pool F between Houston Banditos Black and Killeen Rebels; Pool H between Action Baseball Club and Pro Source Athletics Abbott; and Pool I between Frozen Ropes Texas and Action Baseball Club 17u White.
My inkling right now is to cruise down to Austin's Reagan High School first thing in the morning to watch the game between Action Baseball Club and Pro Source Athletics Abbott. Action is loaded, with nine D-I commits and another committed to juco powerhouse San Jacinto CC. Fifteen of Action's roster spots are filled by prospects from Texas. The other seven are imports from Florida.
The 12-team playoffs are scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m. Sunday with the quarterfinals slated for 7 p.m. These late nights are going to keep me out of the local eateries. I stopped at a 7-11 on my way back to the hotel tonight and picked up a smoked turkey wrap with southwest mayonnaise, lettuce and cheddar cheese, along with a bag of wheat chips. No fine dining for the next couple of days.