Warrior Run girl’s softball coach Garth Watson pitches to 33-year-old Derrick Zechman from Turbotville. Zechman is one of 17 players on the USA Men’s Fastpitch National Softball team. And just back from New Zealand-Derrick and the team finished 7th out of 16 countries at the World Championships. “Unbelievable the first time putting the uniform on and competing for team … [Read more...]
USA 2013 Junior Women’s National team announced
OKLAHOMA CITY --- Seventeen athletes have been selected for the 2013 USA Softball Junior Women’s National Team (JWNT), the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America and USA Softball announced today. The athletes selected hail from 10 states: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio, Texas and Virginia. The team will compete in preparation … [Read more...]
Todd Garcia in Sports Illustrated – circa 2003
What, you were hoping for Kate Upton? In our recent post on the photo of the 2013 World Champion New Zealand Black Sox, in Sports Illustrated, we noted that the last time (to our knowledge) the magazine mentioned men's fastpitch was the blurb on former Team USA catcher, Todd Garcia, in "Faces in the Crowd" It was roughly ten years ago, on April 14, 2003, touting his … [Read more...]
2013 ISF World Championship – Playoff Results – Day 8 – Round 1
2013 ISF World Championship - Playoff Results - Round 1 (Click links for online scoreboard with game details) C1 12.00pm Samoa 2 Vs Japan 4 C2 2.30pm Argentina 9 Vs USA 2 C3 5.30pm Australia 4 Vs New Zealand 5 C4 8.00pm Canada 1 Vs Venezuela 3 Today's games: C5 11.30am Japan Vs Australia C6 2.00pm Argentina Vs … [Read more...]
Twitter Feed from USA Softball for USA v. ARG game
Tweets by @ASAUSASoftball … [Read more...]
Day 8 – Playoff Game 2 – USA vs. Argentina
Playoff Game 2 - A4 USA (4-3) vs. B3 Argentina (5-2) This game is set to go at 2:30pm New Zealand time. New Zealand time: Click to purchase live video feed. $5 Click for graphic online scoreboard. Argentina (5-2) is the # 3 seed from Pool B. Their only losses in pool play were to the top two seeds, Canada and New Zealand. Both losses were by 2-1 scores, with … [Read more...]
USA tops Great Britain, earns spot in playoff round
After stumbling out of the gate and losing their first three games (to Australia, Samoa and South Africa), Team USA found their land legs, and reeled off four straight wins, including a must win victory yesterday against a Venezuelan team that had lost only one game, and another today, against Great Britain, with a playoff spot on the line. Great Britain took a 1-0 lead on a … [Read more...]