I saw number of fields sitting empty that look Ok last night around 6:00pm as well. not sure what the deal was but it appeared that some of the 7:0pm games could have been played.
My biggest gripe is that the fields were only lined and dragged once the entire day (before the first game). This is of course an ongoing issue at Berliner and at some point they really need to address it. By noon the fields are a mess even on a nice day and by late afternoon they are dangerous. Saw way too many bad hops because of conditions on what could have easily been avoided by a 2 minutes trip around the infield with a drag. TD's that use this facility have to get this corrected here, no more lame excuses. Saftey is an issue and I brought it up with the UIC of the tournament as well.
By all accounts they bring in a ton of cash at $5.00 a car load all weekend long. All we ask is that they spend a few dollars of it on paying some help to line and drag every once in a while.