If there were zero stars, PSG would certainly get it. The director of PSG, Dave Reid, beats women, literally. In a co-ed league he assaulted one of our girls after he fell over 2nd base heading to 3rd and she went to tag him. An obvious melee ensued, players from other games at Hamlin Park ran over to our side. His excuse: a guy on our team tripped him. Not the girl he assaulted, mind you, a man. He wasn't kicked out of the game, in fact we were given a sterner warning for arguing a heinous call earlier in the game. It was pathetic, he is a pathetic individual, and encapsulates everything surrounding PSG.
My guess is most people won't have the luxury of playing Dave Reid's team or dealing with the obvious collusion they have with the umpires, so here are some other tidbits. We paid over $1200 to play softball this summer at Hamlin Park on Damen and Wellington, we have had 2 games there; the rest are at Brands Park, on Elston north of Belmont. As if it weren't far enough away, the fields at Brands are utter garbage: big sand pits with some grass outlining them. We've had ground balls literally stop in the 'dirt' after one hop. I'm not sure how they can justify charging a premium price to 26 teams (yes, there are 26 teams in our league) to play on such garbage fields, but hey, Dave Reid.
They don't punish no-show teams, either. Last year we had 3 forfeits, 3 times a team didn't even bother to show up. That is half of our schedule (it's never the 8 games they say on the website.) No refund, no apologies, not even an email acknowledging that it is unfortunate we wasted our money on a league that doesn't even play. Thankfully, they keep past schedules up, so I can see who it was that didn't show. Sure enough, Dave Reid's team is one of the teams that didn't bother to come to the field. You'd think at the very least the director of the league would have the decency to call our captain and tell him they weren't coming, so perhaps others wouldn't have to rush home from work, get ready, and race to the field for nothing, but hey, Dave Reid.
It could be that they just don't like our team, others might have more luck. We played this Spring, $1100, to the tune of 5 games; if our game didn't start at 6:00, it started at 9:40. We had one game start at 7:50, it felt like a miracle. Early games are hard to get to, late games are a pain, everyone has to have one, I get it, but to load up a team with those times is ridiculous. I'm sure some statistical genius at PSG was thinking that our average start time was favorable, which is giving them credit for thinking at all. Most of the time the schedule isn't out until a day or two before the games, so if you do have a 6:00 start, it's nearly impossible to get off work early to make it.
Look, if you are a laid back individual who likes to overpay for everything and watch women get beat up, this is the league for you. We've been playing PSG for three years now, only because they have Hamlin Park which is convenient for everyone, but since we barely even play there as it is, this is will be our last go around with PSG, unless they make some serious changes, starting with their staff. The other leagues aren't much better, but at least they don't attack you, which is ridiculous to have to say, but it's true. read more