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USA Men’s National Team Arrives In Fort Myers, Fla. For Exhibition Games In Preparation For Americas Qualifier

From USA Softball: Jan. 21, 2022, 7:30 p.m. (ET) FORT MYERS, Fla. –– Members of the 2022 Men’s National Team (MNT) have arrived in Fort Myers, Fla. as the team begins preparations for the 2022 Americas Qualifier, which will now take place in April of this year following a recent postponement. Held Jan. 22-28 at CenturyLink Sports Complex, the U.S. will compete in four games against “Team Roman” and “Team Varm” – which will be made up of elite men’s fast pitch athletes from across … [Read More...]

USA Softball Announces Assistant Coaches For 2022 Men’s National Team Program

From USA Softball: Jan. 20, 2022, 11:40 a.m. (ET) OKLAHOMA CITY –– USA Softball announced today the assistant coaches that will join the Men’s National Team (MNT) program during the 2022 season. Selected from the USA Softball MNT Coaching Pool, Nick McCurry (Ashland, Ohio), Gerald Muizelaar (Grand Forks, N.D.) and Ron Guzman (Salinas, Calif.) will assist MNT head coach Ron Hackett (Richmond, Va.) while Chase Turner (San Jose, Calif.), Mike Hopkins (Decatur, Ill.) and Tom Crouch … [Read More...]

New Zealand Black Sox to open national team trials for WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup on home soil

Will Host WBSC World Cup November 26 to December 4, 2022 From the WBSC: 1/17/22: The Black Sox plan to tour Australia in May, three years after their last competition as a team. Softball New Zealand have unveiled their plans to regain the title at this year's WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup, to be played in Auckland from 26 November to 4 December. The Black Sox will start their training process with three tryouts in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. More than 80 have players … [Read More...]

Mexico names 2022 Men’s, U-23 National Softball Team preliminary rosters

From the WBSC: Mexico is slated to play in this year's Pan American Championships and Softball World Cup qualifiers The Mexican Softball Federation (Federacion Mexicana de Softbol, FMS) has announced the 2022 preliminary rosters for the Men's and U-23 Men's National Softball Teams. The squads were named after a series of tryouts and national championships. From 21-23 January, the two squads will gather in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, for a training … [Read More...]

2021 ISC World Tournament – Today’s Scoreboard

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USA Men’s National Team Arrives In Fort Myers, Fla. For Exhibition Games In Preparation For Americas Qualifier

USA Softball Announces Assistant Coaches For 2022 Men’s National Team Program

New Zealand Black Sox to open national team trials for WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup on home soil

Mexico names 2022 Men’s, U-23 National Softball Team preliminary rosters

From the WBSC: Mexico is slated to play in this year’s Pan American Championships and Softball World Cup qualifiers The Mexican Softball Federation (Federacion Mexicana de Softbol, FMS) has announced the 2022 preliminary rosters for the Men’s and U-23 Men’s National Softball Teams. The squads were named after a series of tryouts and national championships. […]

Two Week(end)s at Fort Meyers, Florida

Cap Tip, Outside the Chute, @outsidethechute January 22-27, 2022 – Week 1 Challenge January 28-30, 2022 – Winter Classic

2022 Roster – AHI Reapers Fastpitch

Editor’s Note: More like this, please…rosters, I mean. Even if it’s not complete, how’s the line-up coming along?

Outside the Chute (OTC) Podcast – Episode 79 – New Zealand’s Marty Grant

Cap Tip, Blair Setford @blairjs17 Outside The Chute Fastpitch Podcast Outside The Chute @outsidethechute Hosted by @framer2244 (Randy Frame) and @Hopey1818 (Chris Hopewell) Available on @podbean @spotify @iTunes @GooglePlayMusic #OTC Earlier post at Fastpitchwest re: Marty Grant. Marty Grant to be inducted into Softball New Zealand Hall of Fame

Africa: WBSC Men’s, U-23 Softball World Cup qualifiers confirmed for February in Pretoria, South Africa

From the WBSC African nations will compete for one spot in the WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup, to be played in Auckland, New Zealand, and the inaugural WBSC U-23 Men’s Softball World Cup, slated to be played in Argentina. Both qualifiers will be hosted in Pretoria, South Africa. WBSC Africa has announced the dates of the […]

2022 European Softball Competitions Entries Announced

From the WBSC The entries for the 2022 European Championships and Cups are now official. The European National Federations entered the teams to the 2022 European Softball Championships and Cups. Eighteen National Squads enrolled for the U-22 Women’s European Championship, scheduled for June 27 – July 2 in Kunovice, Czech Republic: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, […]

Update # 1 for 2022 Las Vegas Road Trip XV

From SCIFL This is an update on the Las Vegas Road Trip XV that will be held April 8-10, 2022. Break Down The breakdown of each division will consist of 10 teams in the AA, 14 in the A-Major, and 26 in the A totaling a 50 team tournament due to the number of fields […]

SCIFL 2022 Schedule

From SCIFL The City of Santa Fe Springs has approved the 2022 Schedule which will begin with the Masters on March 6, 2022 at Little Lake Park, Santa Fe Springs, CA. The schedule has been posted on the SCIFL website for players to view as well. Teams interested in participating can contact the tournament director […]

2022 @USASoftball Women’s National Team World Games Roster Announced

From USASoftball OKLAHOMA CITY –– Continuing to build off the Tokyo 2020 Olympic silver medal finish, USA Softball announced today the 18 athletes who will represent the United States as a member of the 2022 USA Softball Women’s National Team (WNT) World Games roster. Following a four-day selection process by the Women’s National Team Selection […]