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New Zealand Black Sox Team Announcement

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The New Zealand roster features 11 players from the last World Cup, as well as the return of veterans Bartorillo, Hayes and Laulu, who helped the Black Sox win their last World Championship in 2017. Other veterans of the World Cup winning team are Cole Evans, Ben Enoka and Thomas Enoka. From the official WBSC website: The New Zealand Black Sox announced the selection … [Read more...]

Throwback Thursday – Bob Tomlinson’s Fastpitch Chronicle – July 1997

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Editor's Note This week's Throwback Thursday features snippets of the July 1997 edition of Bob Tomlinson's Fastpitch Chronicle, "the" men's fastpitch newspaper of record before the internet. Still working on a way to scan the newspaper-sized pages, but for this post, we've photographed a few articles from that issue. The familiar Page One Banner of everyone's favorite, … [Read more...]

Throwback Thursday – Long Beach Nitehawks Media Guide 1986

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Editor's Note This week's Throwback Thursday takes our time machine back to 1986, 38 years ago, to the Long Beach Nitehawks Media Guide. The guide was retrieved from the keepsakes of ISC Hall of Famer, Long Beach manager and franchise owner, Irvin "Red" Meairs. When not on the diamond, Red was my mother's mailman; when on it, beloved by all. Red was also the man that … [Read more...]