I've been meaning to show pictures of where the games are being played. There are 2 locations - the home of Alviso Viejo LL - at Woodfield park. This is a LL park - that's all that's there. They have 1 big field, 3 little fields and a T Ball field. They have batting cages and a decent snack shack - all shaded under trees of various sizes so you'll almost always be able to find shade somewhere. Here is a picture of the big field - where 1/2 the pool play is being held, and where the semis and championship games will be played. The games at this site are at 12:30, 3:30 and 6:30 - the lights really help make this a workable venue. Plus the fact that there is a lot of shade, so people are not roasting under the sun. The fence is 310 around the outfield. For those of you at the Nor Cal Division championship game, you might remember a couple of shots from WoodCreek that went to the fence at WG HS. At this field, they would have easily been out.
The other location is Alviso Viejo HS. This is located in a bowl, where the air is still, the sun is bright and the temperatures are high. There are a couple little stands, no shade and a long walk from the street to the field because they wouldn't unlock the gates for us. The games on this field are at 10, 1, and 4 - no lights. So it is a long hot day for the 4 umps on this field. The first day, we had one casualty - one of the umps never made it through the first game. We work real hard to keep these games moving and get them done in less than 2 hours - we've been pretty good so far. You might notice the high fence in right field - that is a 290 foot porch and a 25-30 foot high fence. We had one kid hit one out just to the left of the high fence - very well placed.
I've been meaning to show pictures of where the games are being played. There are 2 locations - the home of Alviso Viejo LL - at Woodfield park. This is a LL park - that's all that's there. They have 1 big field, 3 little fields and a T Ball field. They have batting cages and a decent snack shack - all shaded under trees of various sizes so you'll almost always be able to find shade somewhere. Here is a picture of the big field - where 1/2 the pool play is being held, and where the semis and championship games will be played. The games at this site are at 12:30, 3:30 and 6:30 - the lights really help make this a workable venue. Plus the fact that there is a lot of shade, so people are not roasting under the sun. The fence is 310 around the outfield. For those of you at the Nor Cal Division championship game, you might remember a couple of shots from WoodCreek that went to the fence at WG HS. At this field, they would have easily been out.
The other location is Alviso Viejo HS. This is located in a bowl, where the air is still, the sun is bright and the temperatures are high. There are a couple little stands, no shade and a long walk from the street to the field because they wouldn't unlock the gates for us. The games on this field are at 10, 1, and 4 - no lights. So it is a long hot day for the 4 umps on this field. The first day, we had one casualty - one of the umps never made it through the first game. We work real hard to keep these games moving and get them done in less than 2 hours - we've been pretty good so far. You might notice the high fence in right field - that is a 290 foot porch and a 25-30 foot high fence. We had one kid hit one out just to the left of the high fence - very well placed.
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