I’ll tell you what I thought since I spent a fair amount of time in Temecula at the same place as Allan. Jealousy. We have this nice area of land set aside for a big sports park along I-5 in Cardiff. The DINKs and NIMBYs want a big dog park and less sports fields so it’s a big battle right now. I think a nice Field of Dreams park in Coastal NC would be awesome.
Baseball fields as far as the eye could see. Around here it’s a royal pain in the ass to find of place to throw your kid a bucket of balls.
Not jealous enough to move out there though. My god it was hot. We arrived at 1:45 for a supposed 3:00 game. We didn’t end starting until 4:00. Most of the kids were hiding under the bleachers out of the sun. The oppressive heat helped a couple of tweeners make weight.
Desmond: It ain’t the 8 year olds I have to contend with, it is the moms!
CardiffBaseball: Which team did you play? And, yeah, the heat was unbelievable. Course, I say that as I pen an email from 106 degree Fallbrook today. Shouldn’t bag too hard on Temecula.
A sports park in Carlsbad would be very cool. That or Escondido is where they ought to have the weigh-ins as well, rather than Chaparral HS in Temecula. Same thing there (at Chaparral): You have approx 5,000+ kids run through there on a Saturday, with absolutely unbelievable heat. God forbid we do it somewhere on the coast.
Cool about your tweeners making weight, though. Heat has to be good for something, right?
Our team is La Costa, Jr. Midget. Actually I think Carlsbad has more ball-fields around town, as I have taken my kids up to Poinsettia or Aviara for a little batting practice.
Regarding why we head east for all this stuff, the same thing happens with LL All-Stars. Does Encintas, RSF, Solana Beach or Del Mar ever host? Nope we end up playing in Escondido, Poway or Valley Center all of which can be pretty hot in July. Of course with RE premiums along the coast I don’t think you can put together a good park and when you do have the land for one, as Cardiff does, you might face the NIMBY factor.
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