Jim, 

I just wanted to take a moment to commend your coaches and players for their outstanding play in the Mother's Day Tournament at Cal Ripken's Aberdeen complex. My son's team qualified for the championship round and was seeded 8th. Many teams in our OWN program had warned us about our inability to compete, yet here we were, 1-1 after day one and playing the tourney's top seed.  It didn't take long to see why your team was top seed and to say they played tremendous might be biggest understatement of the weekend.  Within two innings it was clear that SJ Titans was a well oiled machine and we were just trying to keep our "heads above water". 

While the final score doesn't tell the whole story, I believe your team, coaches and players, deserve to be recognized for something the championship trophy DOESN'T tell.  It's so rare to see club teams "win with dignity" that I felt compelled to email someone in your organization.  When our game was "in hand for SJ", your coaches and players didn't "pile on the score" and were extremely cordial to our players.  Again, we've already said we'd play in these tourneys again as long as teams such as yours, that RESPECT the game are our toughest opponents.  Take care and best of luck to your entire organziation.