Great content rhino good to see my peoples out there doing they thang closes thing we got to this in the Bay Area is the Asian pacific island tournament, but we ain’t had that since Covid. Good work toko 🇹🇴
Man o man . This made me cry . My family hosted The Western States Classic for 38 yrs out here in Ventura County. From the first tournament there were 6 teams . Then 8 . That yr that had 8 it was televised on a local channel . It morphed into 64 teams yrs later it its peak . From that first one my dad started a league shortly after that second tournament . No lie . 3 league nights for the guys mon weds n Fri and 2 for the girls. Tues Thurs. Guys would either play a week night n a double header on Sun but with the numbers we'd have to wait an extra week for the double headers . For the women it was fast pitch then slo pitch . 20 plus yrs my friend this went on . People are so fucken cheesy . Things got stupid later on . Permits to get the beer trucks et cetera. My ol man got hot ass broads to serve beer . There were 50 beers for yrs then I think it was bumped up to 2 bucks a beer at the end . Now everyone pisses n moans about who they're playing blah blah blah . Back then it was 3 days . Labor day weekend. Open fields way before composite bats et cetera and had to win before making it the next day . 2 and BBQ. Last few yrs it was lame . One of my Brothers took it over . Format was uppers n lowers and another dumb ass from my Hometown was all about painting n shaving bats. Watching a 130 lb dude hit a 400 bomb . Get the fuck outta. The guy still paints n shaves bats . With today's technology or technology for the last 10 yrs it's not even necessary . So ridiculous nowadays . For me this is a throwback . Good memories good beer good peeps n good times.
Much love OG James. I wish I would’ve been around during the days that you speak of. Times have certainly changed for the worse but there’s still a handful of us who do our best to represent Ventura County accordingly and proudly. This is Adam N. The pitcher. Much love always brother James.
