HOUSTON – At Moody Park, Little League players have lots of questions.
"I don't know why they would do that," said player Francisco Vasquez.
But no answers that make any sense.
"That made me sad, we all play on these fields," said another player.
For now, they can't play.
"I got mad because there's so much history at this park," said player Daniel Martinez.
Moody Park is a city of Houston park, but home to Lindale Little League, one of the oldest leagues around. Their fields were badly damaged by teenagers who drove ATVs on the soggy grounds.
It was caught on camera and posted online. A Lindale Little League board member came across it and was so angry she shared it on the league's Facebook page. The video shows how they tore up the grass.
It looks like the vandals got in through the maintenance gates. And they didn't have to work hard to get in. The gates are usually unlocked because it's a city park.
"It's pretty bad. We noticed a lot of donuts out here," said parent and board member Margarita Falcon, who saw the video online.
The vandals even went a step further.
"There was profanity written on the dirt," said Vicente Valdez, president of the Lindale Little League.
It was language so vulgar, the pictures can't be shown on TV.
Lindale Little League has filed a police report and the video has been turned over to Houston police. Officials hope the vandals who tried to ruin their season before it even started are caught.
Because there's so much damage, and opening day is only five days away.
"You did really hurt the little ones who use this field every day and just come out to have fun," said Valdez.
But volunteers, Little League families and players answered the call. They spent day Sunday cleaning up the vandals' mess.
"They should be doing this right now," said Martinez. "It's not our fault. We didn't make this mess."
It's a community effort to get Little League ball players back on the field where they belong, just in time for first pitch.
"We're going to be even bigger and better than we planned for," said Falcon. "All they did was make us stronger."
