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 November 4th, 2000 was a
beautiful, bright Florida day, the kind we locals like to refer to as
“Chamber of Commerce Weather”. The Original Bat Wars 2000 flowed perfectly without a hitch
with new implementations in place to assure that the event would be
able to handle the expected increases in numbers. And did they increase!
Over 1,200 grassroots softball players passed through the swing
stations alone, drawing the largest crowd
One of our newest twists and what turned out to be a huge hit with the vendors and the attendees alike
was the addition of Scott Pinner, the Voice of Bat Wars and Bob Smith,
Bat Wars Comedian At Large.These two guys rocked, interviewing manufacturers reps and softball players
alike all day long and keeping the place hopping as they spun some tunes. Scott has announced many collegiate softball games and Bob socks ‘em nightly
as a stand up comedian, but after the event was over, both of them
were exhausted and elated. Did we have the same problem with our
Bat Wars tallies as the State of Florida in the 2000 Presidential
election?! No way - although the tallies were just as close as they
were for Bush and Gore - the great thing about bats is that they
can’t talk. All of this
year’s bats that were swung by the participants were bought from
various retailers across the United States and chosen from inventory
by random.
The year 2001 could bring some big
changes for Bat Wars so make sure to stay in touch with THE Softball
Magazine which brings the grassroots softball player the best of the
sport in publication and in promotions.
Softball Magazine
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of participants ever in the
four year history of the event. We had weather on our side for the
first time since the inception of the event in Florida four years ago
and although the weather was fantastic in California, it sure was
great to be close to home thanks to Andy Dunn and Trey Fraser of the
Florida Marlins Major League Baseball Organization and Wanda Speir of
the Southeast Chapter of the March of Dimes. The Marlins Organization went all out
as they assisted us in equipment such as the professional batting
cages, screens and whatever else was asked of them. The Jugs Company continued an incredible sponsorship of Bat
Wars with brand new Jugs pitching machines and our thanks as always to all of the vendors who go
all out to attend the
event to bring the sport to the grassroots players, especially to
our partner in Bat Wars 2000, Eastbay and to Easton Sports, the
Official Sponsor of the Slowpitch field.
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