The steam finally ran out for Parchment Little League with their defeat by West Portage National by a score of 9 to 6. Unfortunately, I was not at this game because I was umpiring another 9-10 baseball game. However, my good friend and fellow umpire, Pat Griffin had the plate and said it was a really close game but that the better team prevailed.

Pat will be joining me at the Major State tournament in Bay City this week and I'll include some coverage of his games as well as mine. I'm hoping to have some video to upload from the games and of course pictures. I also maintain the Michigan State website and I have the 16 team pool bracket posted to that site and will be updating it daily. If you'd like a copy of the bracket or any of the other Michigan State brackets, click here.

I look foward to the Major State games which kick off on Friday, July 18 at 11 AM. But, I still have one more game to do tonight but at least won't be traveling far - it's at my local league, Northwood-Plainwell Little League. 

Next post will come from Bay City, MI!