[Lisa Douglas]

O.K....I will say this from my perspective. As a previous All-Star Coach for 4 straight years and Paintsville holding the tournament the last 2 years that I coached All Stars, I must say that things haev always went smooth! The drive is VERY LONG from where we had to come from, but the trips to me and for the boys and well, some girls, is what going to an All Star game is all about! We always had a van/bus that was donated to us by someone very important in our community and man oh man. how important that made our team feel! Paintsville Little League has always given the players and heck, even coaches, that butterfly feeling that it is gameday and it is an important gameday. To me, if you can give that effect every game to players/coaches/fans, then you are doing your job! I think they do a great job. And from my last post that I made about the kids and numbers in Paintsville was really looked at the wrong way and by no means did I mean that in a negative aspect! The more kids the better in my eyes! Just saying that it is a big feat and do realize that Paintsville usually does win it every year, but Paintsville has deserved it every year very much so. Do I think that if the facilities are as nice and can give the atmosphere that Paintsvilel Little League gives to the All Star teams that play there every year, then yes, they deserve a shot as well. But you will not hear anything negative about the way Paintsville Little League runs the All Star Tourney! 2 Thumbs Up Guys/Gals!

Very nice post. Thank you. I know how hard everyone works to make all visitors involved, feel the way you feel. We have always tried our best to meet those goals and high standards. I think it's so cool that there are still boys, who were a big part of PLL winning traditions & are now high school players, who believe in PLL enough to work shifts and attend games to support the younger players. I also believe it's pretty cool that parents of those players will still stop by to work a shift and support the All-Stars. I guess it's just what we do. However, we always did enjoy going to play games elsewhere and eat other people's concessions and worry not about if someone was late to take up admissions or so on! Thanks Again for the kind words, I know everyone appreciates a "thumbs up" after such a long tournament.