The Advertising Softball World Series – 2019

The Eh Team finished with a 6-6 overall record at the 37th annual Advertising Softball World Series in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The tournament was held from Sept. 29 to Oct. 2 at the Regional Sports Complex.
On Day one, Eh Team went 2-2 with an 18-14 win over $1 Slices from New York City, an 18-15 win over Menace 2 Sobriety from Dallas, a long-time division rival.
Game three saw the Eh Team battle upper division 9th Wonder from Houston with Eh Team losing 11-7.
The final game of the day saw Eh Team drop a 10-4 decision to WTF.
Monday night was mystery party night with the teams at the hot air balloon museum.
On Tuesday for day two of the tournament, Eh Team played upper division Los Cocktails first thing in the morning coming away with an 18-2 loss.
Things improved for game two with a thrilling 9-8 win over WTF Happened and a 12-3 win over Craic Addicts.
Game four, the final game of the day, saw Eh Team lose a 16-15 walk-off decision to Cocktails Brew Crew.
The teams stayed at the park for the evening, treated to a buffet barbecue dinner and a great skills night competition.
Final day of competition saw Eh Team start the day with a 22-8 loss to upper division Motor City Chaos from Detroit.
Game two was a 15-10 win over Menace and a 13-4 win over Cocktails Brew Crew.
The final game of the tournament was a 15-3 loss to WTF.
The closing night banquet saw Kevin (Mac) McRoberts win the Character of the Game award adding to Eh Team’s impressive list of tournament individual awards.
Cari Ellison and Jason Merriam were chosen as team MVPs and in a wonderful and touching moment from commissioner Mike Meiches,  Pat Jacques was honoured with a Hall of Fame award joining husband Ron and son Ian in the tournament hall of fame.
Pat passed away in early 2019, so to be honoured this way was a very special moment for Ron and Ian as well as the whole team.

Preparations are now underway for 2020 as the 38th annual Advertising Softball World Series will be held in Las Vegas (https://www.adworldseries.com).