Went to Cooperstown at 10 and 12 years old. Looking back, it was such an amazing experience. As I watch this video today as a 27 year old man it legitimately brings tears to my eyes remembering the good times on the diamond.

@minari8076

2 жыл бұрын

Did you go in 2004 at 10? If so we went the same week

@Starz_Ssc

Жыл бұрын

@@minari8076 what dumb ass says that

@minari8076

Жыл бұрын

@@Starz_Ssc what?

Played in this tournament back in August 2004. Watching this brought those memories back that I cherish so much. Hit my first ever home run here and played way too much Big Buck Hunter. Glad to see that's still in the arcade lol!

@minari8076

Жыл бұрын

what age were you in 2004? i went that year too and 2006

I umpired in CDP in 2016. Very good experience overall. High Notes: Couldn’t be a better setting out in the middle of nowhere. Gorgeous scenery from anywhere in the Park. Grounds crew makes sure all games get played even if it rains. They were able to get fields playable quickly and we could play well into the night. Pin trading for the players was fun. I only traded for team pins of teams that played on my field on games I worked. I still have those in a bag somewhere. Gave away some of my CDP umpire stuff to kids at the end of the week. Parents are kept beyond the dugouts which puts them in the OF area. Made for some nice quiet games. Loved the town. Small and quiet. Very old feel to it. Like a throwback in life. Double Day Field was nice to visit and watch a game. Ran into a guy in a St Louis Browns jersey who had just played. We shared the same story. Both of our Grandparents were drafted by the Browns but never got to play after being drafted to the Army. Enjoyed watching the team that took me play when I wasn’t working and seeing their enjoyment as well. I broke a CDP rule and squirreled away some CDP baseballs for them to all sign for each other. Food was ok for a camp site environment. No AC in the cabins. But I didn’t mind that so much. Cracked a window and the night temp changes helped. Took me back to being a kid so it was a high moment. Met some great guys that I worked games with. Picture taking on all of the fields was great. I got some good action photos to frame for my wall. Just waking up to the fresh air and baseball. Lows: Not many really. But the fence marked at 200’ is false. More like 185-190’. I walked it out once I saw how short that OF was. The balls are juiced. They make their money on HR souvenirs. The big low was uniforms. After skills competition the player scenery was just boring. Everyone in the same red or blue. I would rather see the teams in their own uniforms. The baseball HOF had some awesome artifacts but I was underwhelmed overall.

@VELOkayden14

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I get to go this summer and I’m super excited (just not for the hats and unis(but I’ll make ‘em drippy)

Wow I got crazy nostalgia from this vid. Went to Cooperstown back when I was 12 in 2015 and now I'm 18 graduating High School this year. Time flies man!

@ethanconnor4886

3 жыл бұрын

fr i was there 2 years ago and it feels like yesterday. I wish i could do it over agian.

@AdvancementAtmosphere

Жыл бұрын

How long do tournaments usually take? This is my first year of travel and I want to know. Like do you stay in the area for like 7 days or is it just a weekend thing

@simplyringgold

Жыл бұрын

​@@AdvancementAtmosphere I am staying for a week

@Saka_SZN

Жыл бұрын

Yo the is real dsarm bro

Thanks for taking me down memory lane. Played there in 98' and from what I can remember, not much has changed. Awesome to see the pins still being used.

I came here in week 11 of 2019, I had so much fun and hit my first home run

@pshaw1632

5 жыл бұрын

What team were u on I was there the same week we may have played u

@papaquanz9103

5 жыл бұрын

Pshaw16 Rosemount Irish

@greghus

4 жыл бұрын

I have ur pin!!

@aaronhofbauer2422

4 жыл бұрын

@@papaquanz9103I was on BCL we crushed you guys I pitched the last 3 innings

@mmartin6954

4 жыл бұрын

Papa Quanz sweet we played u guys in playoffs Richmond Braves. We ended up getting 5th place overall

I am 28 years old, I don't play ball anymore but I think back on my travel team experiences and Coooperstown was the best experience of my life. thank you for letting me and my friends and many other kids live the dream at this camp each year.

My travel team was against tournaments out of the three. Outbids around us, so I didn’t get to experience this. It makes me cry knowing what I could’ve done but didn’t get to.

I'm going next year and based on all of the videos that I have watched it is insane.

@michaelprather2378

3 жыл бұрын

Same what team

@aultbros1060

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelprather2378 Dream Park 12 u from Northwest Ohio Also we’re going week six

@Phillyfanprodz

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@Phillyfanprodz

3 жыл бұрын

It’s coming up and I’m excited we are going the week of July 23rd

@cliftwingclifton1401

3 жыл бұрын

@@Phillyfanprodz you got vaccinated

I went their last summer 2019 week 11. BEST TIME OF MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!

I played there back in ‘03. Awesome experience. Great video

went week 5 for july 4th weekend 2019. Best experience of my life. Period.

@Joe-ng9ei

4 жыл бұрын

So did i

@jakeosterberg8110

4 жыл бұрын

same

@Joe-ng9ei

4 жыл бұрын

Jake Osterberg what team were you on?

@ecort4828

3 жыл бұрын

Same

Fantastic! Informative and well done sir! Thank you!

wow ... the memories i had up there in 08 with the west boca panthers such great times id die to go back

@leonmatthewsiv1699

2 жыл бұрын

go as a coach or an umpire :)

Will be going here next year and I cant wait!

I can’t wait to go play there

@italokomanetsky4505

3 жыл бұрын

How do you

@fuhrfhrei3441

3 жыл бұрын

@@italokomanetsky4505 wdym

@italokomanetsky4505

3 жыл бұрын

@@fuhrfhrei3441 like do you play for it?

@ywlwiffleball8888

3 жыл бұрын

@@italokomanetsky4505 All you need to do is register

Went back in 08 , awesome experience as a 12 year old who’s on the fence about continuing into Connie Mack or not

@maxserrano7326

3 жыл бұрын

nice

@Arman1lakha

3 жыл бұрын

I think he meant coming back but it was autocorrect

@dylanpenyak4327

3 жыл бұрын

@@Arman1lakha no Connie mac is a baseball league

Super sad that we won’t be going this year! We were really looking forward to it! ⚾️😭

We just won week 6 South Tampa Hooks

@novajmb_8623

5 жыл бұрын

That was u guys I was there for week 6 too

@vincedecarlo6192

5 жыл бұрын

Yes that was us I started the chamionship

@novajmb_8623

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah u guys were rlly good and I was on the Lincoln way prospects if u heard of them

@novajmb_8623

5 жыл бұрын

We lost to the Nola Stix and they lost to hit doctor who lost to the canes who lost to the clutch who lost to u guys in the championship 👌

@jakeosterberg8110

4 жыл бұрын

i was there that week

Nice man I play for outlaws and can’t wait to go to cooperstown this year. Also the hardcore elite organization is very nice u are lucky

ill be here this summer

@dgarcia168

4 жыл бұрын

Chunky Ragu 2

I was supposed to go o this year in like late July but it got canceled because of coronavirus and I was really sad that I couldn’t go and my brother said it was 10/10 and Ripken was 9/10 he did it was the best week of his life

@lfd7022

3 жыл бұрын

Same did I’m so pised

@Charliebaseball-pl8nu

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@lfd7022

3 жыл бұрын

Charlie Skala dam where you from

@ryanwhelan3145

3 жыл бұрын

Lfd 70 Cleveland Ohio

@samkobrock2469

3 жыл бұрын

bruh that sucks i went in 2019 and i felt so bad for the people that were supposed to go in 2020

I was supposed to go to Cooperstown this year but COVID hit so we went to a different tourney called Road 2 Cooperstown

@ryanwhelan3145

3 жыл бұрын

Same we didn’t go because of Covid too

@maxserrano7326

3 жыл бұрын

sorry that happened to you guys.

@Amdrew885

3 жыл бұрын

Where was the tournament

@williambutler6336

3 жыл бұрын

My town team didn't go last summer because of covid as well. But they got lucky and got to meet Albert Pujols on zoom which must have been epic.

@williambutler6336

3 жыл бұрын

But I'm going this year

Going there hof week this year I’m so pumped

Great experience, miss it already and I just finished

Going tommorow I’m so excited

Ayyyyy I went this week u guys kicked are butts we were the north redhawks

I played the same week you guys did. We were the Asheville braves.

I’m not going to that tournament, I’m going to All Star Village, can’t wait for that

Great video!!!

Viva el beisbol, en México las 2 telivisoras nacionales en su espacio de deportes hablan que , el beisbol en EU ya no es el deporte nacional, los hechos dicen otra cosa como este video. Impresioante instalaciones para formar niños beisbolistas. Tal como lo dice "El campo de los sueños", viva el beisbol, saludos desde Xalapa, Veracruz; México.

Went here in 7th grade back in 2009 or 10 and damn man…. What an awesome experience. Still have all my pins from all the other teams too! I heard whoever wins this tournament eventually goes in to playing the Little League World Series I don’t know how accurate that is tho.

@baseballumpires6901

2 жыл бұрын

That is completely false. There is no association with Little League. 95% of the teams are all travel teams. There was a LL team when I was there (without the LL branding as that would violate LL rules) but they didn’t get remotely close to competing.

I am going this July and I can't wait!

@tyguy2796

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@felixxxlol6166

4 жыл бұрын

Tyguy 27 what team are you?

@dgarcia168

4 жыл бұрын

same whats ur team?

@tyguy2796

4 жыл бұрын

Never mind I thought I was but I’m going to baseball world

@felixxxlol6166

4 жыл бұрын

D Garcia16 my team is the Black Widows

5:03 North RedHawks is the team I play for it wasn’t my age team but still very cool to see (my friends brother played on that team)

I’m going in June, anything to look forward too?

That logo is freakin beautiful

I’m going in June and I am so hyped

@tyorr6643

2 жыл бұрын

Are u going June 3 through 10

I went here like 6 years ago too bad half our games got rained out and couldn’t get rescheduled

their concession pizza is still my all time favorite pizza, gotta have a son and go back when he’s 12 to try it again :’)

@baseballumpires6901

2 жыл бұрын

Oh that was some nasty pizza. The joint across the street from the entrance was good though.

Hello would you please tell me how many games you played a day?

I went week 5 and we won it was amazing we beat the Homerun Record yo which made it even sweater.

I was there last year with the Central Pennsylvania Renegades.

Cant wait! I'll be doing a vid for the channel, looks like I need a coaches pass??

I just went last month to all star village unfortunately I had already turned 13 so it’s too late for me to go back (June 22-June 28)

I’m not even there but I still got butterflies in my stomach

Do you play games everydwy and what time do you have to wake up?

Who else is watching this in Cooperstown

@dylanyang8318

5 жыл бұрын

Dylan Mullin I found ur comment lol

@dylanmullin06

5 жыл бұрын

@@dylanyang8318 lol

@TheGentleman121

2 жыл бұрын

Me

nice place.... wish i can go there

One day I hope I go there, one day

I'm going next week and I was wondering if for the socks they can have a logo on them or not

@pshaw1632

5 жыл бұрын

@@cooperstowndreamsparkvideo8158 so it has to be plain

@pshaw1632

5 жыл бұрын

@@cooperstowndreamsparkvideo8158 thank you

i was on tx hooks i dont rember whatt week but we went 10-1 we hit 78 homeruns and had a kid named josiah bushnell run a 12 flat around the bases for road runner

Gosh..I moved to cooperstown this year

I went there the same week we were b45 academy

I’m going to cooperstown this summer too play

I live in Cooperstown and I’m at the village right now

I went the same week, we were burtonsville storm

Baseball is life

is it true that u can only pick jersey numbers 1-15

@Phillyfanprodz

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

Went last summer miss it

im going in 2 days im hyped

What team were you guys

@jakeosterberg8110

4 жыл бұрын

Bryan Brunsell we were norwin knights

I might get to go next year

Stayed in same barrack back in 2015 15b

Playing there in a few months...

I’m going here in two weeks for the first time. Any tips? What’s it like? What is the best food?

@sampixel346

3 жыл бұрын

what u on im going to

@justint4311

3 жыл бұрын

@@sampixel346 scotch plains raiders I’ve been injured for the past five months and I finally got cleared but then a past injury started bothering me hopefully I can play by then

@yungconnoronthetrack

3 жыл бұрын

@@justint4311 im on the rascals hope I see you

Im going in July!

We were HITZ

@jeremycarter3958

5 жыл бұрын

Its Quazy we were the north redhawks same week

Wait that was my week too

I’m going to Cooperstown next week and I wanted to know if your pants can have a logo on them because I can’t find any that are all completely white

@dilloncovert4267

5 жыл бұрын

The jones boys i am also going next week what team are you we might play eachother and what dtate are you from i am from iowa

I was there that week Tidewater tridents

I never got the chance to go to cooperstown because my 12u year was when covid started :(

I’m going there next year too play

I played there 3 a month and a half ago

I’m going in August and I can’t wait

@cullenknight360

3 жыл бұрын

Same what’s your team name

@caseypeters2493

3 жыл бұрын

@Cullen Knight My team is the NH bobcats

@cullenknight360

3 жыл бұрын

@@caseypeters2493 What Age?

@caseypeters2493

3 жыл бұрын

Cullen Knight 12u

@cullenknight360

3 жыл бұрын

@@caseypeters2493 Same

I can vividly remember the smell of that place, the shitty food they gave us, the 8am games that everyone hated, and getting yelled at for not having my pants pulled up to my knees. Good times man good times. Oh yeah and the pin trading. I still have all my pins.

@-conehead-7672

Жыл бұрын

Boy what dude I loved those deli sandwiches they gave us

I’m going there tommorow from florida

I should be going here now but covid Gonna go to Missouri in 2 weeks

Don’t know if you know us but we were the Kansas City Naturals barrack 19 A

@big_b179

5 жыл бұрын

Yup

@tylerandjaydan8385

5 жыл бұрын

We were the Lockport AnJo Bombers

2019 week 4? I was on the ACES

@lukaswolff4847

4 жыл бұрын

I was in week 4 too.

@jakeosterberg8110

4 жыл бұрын

norwin knights

I’m going to Cooperstown next year I’m so nervous

@benwilliams6799

4 жыл бұрын

It’s so much fun and the best experience probably you’ll ever have

@beckpresents740

3 жыл бұрын

Tip, you will miss it a lot, take a lot of pictures and memories and get a lot of pins I went 2019 and best time of my life, don’t be nervous it’s all fun and everyone is great there

@williambutler6336

3 жыл бұрын

Oh no way I'm going this summer too!

@williambutler6336

3 жыл бұрын

What week are you?

3:20 right before it cuts out I was in a blue helmet wearing #1

I’m going here in august 2022

I started the championship and we won that week you can see are pin

i went week 3

I was supposed to go this week

@ryanwhelan3145

4 жыл бұрын

That stinks I was supposed to go this year too but it got canceled

Went week 2 came in 5th

I want to hall of fame in November

I live in cooperstown

4th of July this 2020 anyone my team is 5 tool from Michigan

@quinnfalish7703

4 жыл бұрын

Ghost Legend bro i’m reading this after it was cancelled but i am so so so sorry you didn’t get to experience this tournament😔 it breaks my heart because this was the highlight of my childhood because i went in 2016 and 2017 but it was the best experience of my life and i am so beyond sorry you couldn’t experience it too😢

Who's at the tournament the same week 😂

@sugarland1864

4 жыл бұрын

I was the dirtbags demolished us

I went week 5 of 2019. If u look at my channel, and look at my most populars you’ll see my homers

I’m going in 2021

Lol I sold all my pins 4 like 100$ on the 2cnd day

JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU SO MUCH!!!

My friend hit a grand slam there, I hit a 3 run shot

Cooperstown NY

I have only one game left 😭

@vuedits4400

5 жыл бұрын

The Jones Boys what team where u

@vuedits4400

5 жыл бұрын

I was in 29 8

@vuedits4400

5 жыл бұрын

29a

I was supposed to go to Cooperstown this year but it got canceled due to Covid :(

@cliftwingclifton1401

3 жыл бұрын

Same… it didn’t get canceled we would just have to get vaccinated

I was going to go this year but coronavirus happened

@benwilliams6799

4 жыл бұрын

Damn

Our pin is at 5:59 the blue and whit hat

@tylerandjaydan8385

5 жыл бұрын

Big_B Kansas City Naturals right?