First the Good…. Nice Complex . The Fields were beautiful, plenty of parking. Thats about were the good ends. Consession stand was extremely expensive, and closed early before games were even close to being complete. Gereric small Chicken sandwich was 7.50 and water was 3.50. If that was not bad enough, if you wanted to use a card they had a minimum charge of 10 dollars.
Next whom ever decides bracket game times must be smoking crack. Why in the hell would you have 2-0 pool Play teams that ends up 3rd seed play at 8 am and 2nd seed play at 10:30, while the 4-5 seed play at 12:30. 3 seed wins at 8 am and has a 4 hour wait to play at 2:30, win the second game and wait another 2 hours for the final. Should never had to play at 8am unacceptable.
Next and by far the biggest failure of This place is the choice of Umpires they use. I understand its a tough job and I realize they are human and will miss calls, however the 2 we had for 3 of our 12u games were by far the absolute worst i have ever encountered in all my 57 years. When umpires fail to allow the kids to decide the outcome of a game based on fair and impartial decisions it is just sad. These two were intentionally not calling strikes , missing tags and making decisions based on rules they have no idea about i.e pitchouts to throw out a players stealing. If it was not a meatball down the middle it was a ball. I dont think they have ever seen a curveball or a slider. Both sides were at a loss. Just the most horrific display of umpiring i have ever witnessed. While the Fields were amazing and i can deal With the prices, based on the umpires it gets a strong 2, they took the fun out of the games for our Players and Families on both sides . One of many bad calls...
Read moreOur team has played here for the past 2 years and we make a conscious effort to schedule several tourneys here each season. It's a really beautiful setting in Berks County, the fields are so much better maintained than other complexes my son has played at (all turf infields), there's no entry fee and you can bring your own food/drinks. The complex director and staff have always been fair and accommodating. There are real bathrooms and a large section behind each backstop is netted which helps with the many foul balls that happen because of the clover shape the fields are set up in. I wouldn't hesitate to book a tournament here, in the summer particularly we've played great teams from the surrounding states and have always had an...
Read moreFields are fine but they had 13U playing on a hybrid field which allowed for home runs that wouldn’t happen on a 60/90 field. Whole point of fall ball at that age is to adjust to the big field. Snack stand was expensive for very average food. They charged $8 for chick fila sandwich that they clearly didn’t make and probably got a deal on as they bought in bulk. Take a page from pdc- they have great food, make it themselves and it’s not overpriced. Lastly, they should never allow 16 teams in one age group and do a round robin. Kids played at 8am on Sunday and had to wait until 4:30 to play next game. Championship game doesn’t start until 8:30 pm. Drove almost 2 hrs to get there- too long of a Sunday when the kids all have...
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