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Buyer Beware

Posted by Coach on September 30, 2025, 12:14 pm

Buyer Beware for anything Lorenzo Walker hosts going forward. Tournament, events, Round Robins. This past weekend in Crown Point was extremely disappointing. From the unbelievable gate fees(for a RR), to the umps not knowing if it was drop dead, finish the inning or finish the batter. Multiple schedule changes throughout the day. Changing fields, 3-4 teams showing up to a field not knowing their games were rescheduled. Games that were cancelled without notification. What a wasted opportunity with great fall weather. I couldn’t believe the amount of coaches, parents and even umpires complaining about how unorganized the event was.

Re: Buyer Beware

Posted by @Board Admin on October 1, 2025, 11:50 am, in reply to "Buyer Beware"

How about some type of a peer review function for tournaments? Something where we could rate (eg, 0 to 5 stars) and offer comments.... categories:

Field conditions
Umpiring
Scheduling
Value
Colleges

Possible?

Re: Buyer Beware

Posted by EagleEye on October 1, 2025, 7:03 pm, in reply to "Re: Buyer Beware"

There's a business opportunity for you. Develop a Yelp type app for tournaments so everyone can trash a tournament director for every little thing they feel is wrong with the way an event is run.

Re: Buyer Beware

Posted by BD on October 1, 2025, 5:37 pm, in reply to "Re: Buyer Beware"

If it's not a BC tournament then it's trash!

Re: Buyer Beware

Posted by Just saying on October 3, 2025, 8:31 am, in reply to "Re: Buyer Beware"

Conroy runs excellent tournaments but he only has 4 events that he runs solo. One is only for Bandit teams and another is invite only. His Easton tournaments have different partners and although they are both good, they’re more that the normal quality tournament.
I believe the difference is that the Labor Day and Spring Shootout aren’t ran for profit. Most tournaments, profit is the primary driving force.

Other TD’s that do good jobs

Dave Betcher
Jason Guiseff
Jeremy Hidgons
Robb Beheymer

Re: Buyer Beware

Posted by Good idea on October 1, 2025, 4:41 pm, in reply to "Re: Buyer Beware"

Good idea, IF it was "all about the girls"... $$$$

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