9/16/2011 10:42:08 AM
FORT MYERS, Fla. - I guess when a person arrives at an event a full five hours before its scheduled starting time, said person shouldn't be surprised to discover he's the first one there. That happened to me today when I pulled into the parking lot at Terry Park at 11:30 a.m. (EDT), well ahead of the 4:30 p.m. starting time for the first games at this year's Perfect Game WWBA Florida Qualifier.
I thought someone else would be here getting a jump on things, and, acutally, there was: one solitary Lee County employee mowing some grass inside a small grove of palm trees. I have set up a temporary office behind home plate at Park T. Pigott Memorial Field, the main stadium field at Terry Park. It's the only place I could find a table, chair and an electrical outlet. It's already another hot, steamy day here in southwest Florida and, predictably, clouds are starting to build to the west. I'll make a move inside as soon as someone gets here to unlock a door or two.
There are only five games involving 10 teams being played today, all on the four fields at Terry Park. Everyone gets in the act Saturday when the 42 teams that don't play today will play the first two of their three scheduled pool-play games at venues all across Fort Myers. You can follow this link
http://www.perfectgame.org/events/TournamentSchedule.aspx?event=1114 to access the complete tournament schedule.
Check back here periodically, and also check out "Scout Blog Central" on our home page after the games begin at 4:30 p.m.