DJ's Auto & Truck 4th at USSSA 45 & over World

The Naperville ball club with only thirteen players available had to fight through four players getting injured, plus they also had to deal with a tightened security of a US Military Installation due to the September 11th events. The player's cars and bat bags were searched everytime they entered the base.
DJ's opened play on Saturday with one-sided loss to Pepsi-Cola from Kentucky 23-9. They regrouped to defeat Nugent Sand Company from Kentucky 14-10 in the losers bracket.
DJ's improved their record to 2-1 with a 15-9 win over JoJamey from Tennessee. Saturday's fourth game was a 25-20 win over the USSSA 50 & Over World Champions, Riverside Paving/50 from Tennessee.
DJ's fifth game on Saturday was sweet renege as they outlasted Pepsi-Cola in a two hour marathon game 38-34 to eliminate the team that had put them into the losers bracket in the first round of this tournament.
Four team returned to play on Sunday with a depleted DJ's Auto & Truck repair being no match for Reilly Chiropractic from Ohio as the Illinois entry fell 36-19 to finish with a 4-2 record and the fourth place trophy from this World Tournament.
BBC/Loockies from Sterling Heights, Michigan was the eventual champion, with Wartrom Masters from Richmond, Michigan finishing second and Reilly Chiropractic from Goslen, Ohio taking home third place.

USSSA 45 & over World Tournament
Fort Knox Military Base, Kentucky
September 29 & 30, 2001