From the Sooke News Mirror
by Octavian Lacatusu
Sookies, big and small, gathered at the Art Morris diamond last week to get a glimpse of the new senior men’s fastball league — a sport that’s been on hiatus in Sooke for almost 20 years.
Complete with four teams (the Pirates, Hammers, Browns and Hustlers) and a whole row of passionate individuals, it seems it’s here to stay this time; and best part is, it’s created by fastball fans for other fastball fans — as well as the community as a whole.
And that was the whole idea really— bringing people together, says Andrew Medwedrich, manager of the Browns team.
“We want to get the ball back in Sooke and try and get the kids back into it – because that’s what matters,” he said, adding that fast pitch in general has died down so much in the last few years that not bringing it back would otherwise be detrimental for the local community. “If we can keep the kids out of trouble and maybe help upgrade the park, then we’re hopefully doing our job.
“We got so many kids here from Sooke that once they’re done their minor ball, they got nowhere to go,” he said. “You either go play slow-pitch or you’re back doing nothing and getting yourself into trouble somewhere else.”
Bev Clarke says
how do we get a schedule for the Sooke games
Andrew Medwedrich says
Date
Away
Score
Home
Score
Date
Away
Score
Home
Score
Apr 28
Hammers
2
Pirates
0
Apr 30
Hustlers
3
Browns
2
May 5
Hustlers
3
Hammers
2
May 7
Browns
2
Pirates
1
May 8
Hammers
1
Browns
0
May 12
Pirates
Hustlers
May 19
Browns
Hustlers
May 21
Pirates
Hammers
May 26
Pirates
Browns
May 28
Hammers
Hustlers
June 2
Browns
Hammers
June 4
Hustlers
Pirates
June 9
Hammers
Pirates
June 11
Hustlers
Browns
June 16
Hustlers
Pirates
June 18
Browns
Hammers
June 23
Hammers
Hustlers
June 25
Pirates
Browns
June 30
Browns
Hustlers
July 2
Pirates
Hammers
July 6
Hammers
Browns
July 7
Pirates
Hustlers
July 14
Browns
Pirates
July 16
Hustlers
Hammers
July 20
Browns
Pirates
July 21
Hustlers
Hammers
July 28
Hammers
Browns
July 30
Pirates
Hustlers
Aug 3
Hustlers
Browns
Aug 4
Pirates
Hammers