BLUE SPRINGS, Missouri - Broadcasts of the 2010 Blue Springs American Legion Wood Bat Invitational tournament reach the playoff stage today with all four quarterfinal games to be broadcast.

Here is the quarterfinal broadcast schedule:
10:00 AM: Ada, OK vs. Park Hill, MO
12:30 PM West O'Fallon, MO vs. Washington, MO
3:00 PM Pekin, IL vs. Quincy, IL
5:30 PM Post 499 Fike-Blue Springs, MO vs. Salina, KS

For this phase of the tournament, there is a $5.00 fee to listen to games; this is the sole funding for the 22 broadcasts of this year's Wood Bat Tournament, and is the same price as admission to the games at Hidden Valley.

On Sunday, one of the semi-final games and the championship game will also be broadcast.

To purchase the games, you must register by choosing a listener ID, a password, and by providing credit card and other information; a ticket number will then be assigned to you, and you may use that ticket to listen to the game for which it was purchased.

All subsequent games that you wish to listen to will ask for your listener ID, password, and credit card number, but will automatically reflect all of your other information. A new ticket will then be issued for that game.

This is the first time we have ventured into "pay per listen" events as a funding option for broadcast expenses, and would love your feedback (good, bad or ugly). Email me at:

rickcole@kcteamsports.com