Old-fashioned sound of bat

The old-fashioned sound of the crack of wood baseball bats will echo across the area starting today, July 4.

The Wood Bat Classic American Legion Baseball tournament will take place between Independence Day and July 7.

This means American Legion baseball will be right around the corner virtually everywhere from Coeur d’Alene to Hillyard and Millwood and of course Medical Lake.

“They are playing on 15 fields at 14 different sites,” Legion Baseball official Glen Reser noted. “Post Falls has two pods/fields,” he added.

Seven pods of AAA teams, 19U, will feature 36 teams coming from as far away as...