![]() The schedule will remain the same on Saturday with two games at 5 and two at 7:30. on Field A and Rodeo will face Suginaka, Japan on Field B. Vacaville will play Frankfort, Ill., at 7:30 p.m. when Los Mochis plays Simi Valley on Field A and San Diego faces Kingwood, Texas on Field B. The skills competition will feature a home run derby, a team throwing relay and a player or two from each team running for the fastest time as they dash around the bases. Wristbands for entry will be a different color each day to foil cheapskates who think they can get away with one wristband for the entire tournament. Cash and cards will be accepted at the gate. Admission after the ceremony and for the remaining three days will be $10 for ages 13 and older and $5 for ages 5-12. The park will be cleared after the ceremony. We have a lot of people working very, very hard to make sure it’s not a flop.”Īdmission on Friday to the skills competition at 11 a.m. “If we can break even, we will be in good shape. We’ve had to buy a lot of food and water,” Case explained. By the time the teams leave Monday, Case figures the league will have spent as much as $30,000. The team from Los Mochis, Mexico also arrived Wednesday after being on the road in two buses for 24 hours. Case arranged for a shuttle service to be at San Francisco International Airport on Wednesday for the Japanese team’s arrival. Start with $17,500 for each team’s expenses from hotels and food to transportation. “Sometimes I would be rather be at the baseball field than at work. “It’s not a job for everybody” Case said. He has obviously spent too many days in the sun and there are four more to come.īeing an electrical contractor provides him the flexibility to skip work even if his office manager is “going nuts.” Case made a commitment becoming the Pony Baseball president and that, as they say, is that. ![]() The infields might as well be concrete because sliding on any of them can result in a loss of skin. The cinder block dugouts are as comfy as an outhouse. The park’s entrance sign looks like it would be better off at a summer camp. Keating Park is showing its age after 60 years of baseball and softball games. His primary goal in joining the board in 2020 was to bring a Pony World Series to a “beautiful place.” That would be Keating Park. This is Case’s second and by far most stressful year as the league’s president. Jason Case would rather not see the season go. There will be no more Vacaville Pony Baseball games this summer at Keating Park once the Mustang-9 World Series ends Monday. ![]()
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