ST. CHARLES, Mo. _ Despite fewer than half of the teams showing up for the tournament, and living in a world where they're supposed to stay 6 feet apart, the kids played ball.
It wasn't exactly baseball weather, at 50 degrees and gray skies, and the games weren't exactly the same as parents and players are used to, but the Mother's Day Classic, held at Strehl Fields in Cottleville, Mo., was still a baseball tournament.
A parent yelled, "Good eye!" as a player at bat leaned in, but chose not to swing. Teenage girls ran the concession stand, looking bored. A bright red fleece Cardinals blanket flapped in the wind for a moment, before its owner, a proud parent, snatched it and wrapped it around her again.
