The players and everyone slept in today until about 11am. We were unable to cash any checks on the weekend so coach Rudy and I walked to the nearest Wells Fargo and Bank of America. Unfortunately we had more complications so we went back to the hotel. The players had finally woken up and had been working on their finals all morning. Once back at the hotel we talked with Miriam and Belen, and saw that many parents were saying that when they watched the game back home that it "blacked out". Then that the people in charge must have been re-typing what actually happened, so there was some confusion as to what actually happened. We also saw that on the web site it said that the the third out of the 7th inning was a pop fly to the right fielder and that was how the other run scored. So if they are going by their score book and their scoring system then there is an inconsistency. We printed all of this information out at the hotel. Coach Rodriguez has been on the phone with the director, after a few lost calls he decided to walk over there and talk to them in person.
We are now in the hotel and waiting to find out what will happen. I will continue to update as we find out more...
About an hour later coach Rodriguez came back and explained what his conversation was with the score box people from the tournament. The tournament people said that they could still only go by what they had in their official system. As for the black out and run scored by the third out, they said that the only thing that they can say is that it was a "computer glitch". Coach Rodriguez explained to the boys that he had to go over their and protest, because he had to take care of his players first. That ultimately there were two options, "The first option is that we leave to go back home and try and sue for being wronged to get our money back. The second is that we get out there on Thursday and give it everything we have and compete. He explained that anyone can lose and go cry about it, but that the only way to truly solve this problem is to prove it on the field that we belong here". He asked the players by a show of hands who wanted to stay and play. Every single player raised their hands and committed to giving everything they had.
Following this team meeting the boys asked where they could go and hit, but coach told them to take this as a day off. That they had taken the loss and then had fun last night, they now needed flush it and to rest today. To be ready for a 10:30am practice tomorrow at the same place that Tish took us on Sunday and being prepared for the next game!
Later in the day Chunk took Miriam and Belen to Walmart and to eat. He later took Rudy and I to a check cashing place that finally cashed our checks and also to eat. When we got to the hotel Estevan had a bad tooth ache so we tried calling local dentists for an emergency visit, unfortunately we will have to wait until 8am to get him seen. Coach Rudy had some Ibuprofen that he could give him in the mean time to help him sleep without pain. Some of the boys decided to go watch the 10 O'clock game and some stayed back in the hotel. It feels like we had a whole day of mourning after that first game, but it is now behind us and we are prepared to battle the rest out.
Coach's comment for the day: "We're definitely being challenged physically and mentally. The next 48 hours gives us an opportunity to learn a lot about our selves".
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