{"id":11363,"date":"2011-06-02T17:48:08","date_gmt":"2011-06-03T00:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=11363"},"modified":"2011-06-02T18:10:42","modified_gmt":"2011-06-03T01:10:42","slug":"2011-best-of-the-west-team-profile-j-b-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=11363","title":{"rendered":"2011 Best of the West Team Profile – J & B Painting"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fourth in a series of ten team profiles for the 2011 Best of the West Tournament, to be played June 4-5, 2011 at Elings Park in Santa Barbara, California.<\/em> Click here for schedule of games for the 2011 tournament.<\/a><\/p>\n

\nJ & B Painting, of Moorpark, California is one of ten teams competing in this year’s 2011 Best of the West (BOTW) tournament. They’ll be competing in Pool A against the California A\u2019s, Liberty Fastpitch, Those Guys and Bakersfield Silverhawks. <\/p>\n

J&B Painting is a local tournament team founded in 2003 by flamboyant local businessman and DH Bob Berger. He also doubles as one of the sponsors of the Cali-Mex Rhinos. J&B’s pitchers are Cory Avery and Gerald Pyle. 2010 ASA Class A All-American Eli Salazar patrols centerfield and Team MVP Chris Paiva plays shortstop. Up and comer, young Mario Marquez (San Luis,MX) is quickly becoming one of the most talked about Catchers in the west. J&B has won 2 of the last 3 tournaments they have entered (2010 Breeder-Rupp, and Scifl #4) They are coached by softball veteran Billy Eleamos.<\/p>\n

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J & B Painting, sponsor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Roster for the 2011 J & B Painting<\/strong><\/p>\n
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PITCHERS
\n#81 Gerald Pyle P
\n#4 Cory Avery P<\/p>\n

CATCHER
\n#10 Mario Marquez C<\/p>\n

OF
\n#47 Herlin Yeomans OF
\n#3 Eli Salazar OF
\n#19 Mike Marble OF<\/p>\n

INF
\n#23 Chris Paiva IF
\n#2 Ryan Alvarado IF
\n#21 Jesse Palacios IF
\n#18 Ruben Acuna IF<\/p>\n

DESIGNATED HITTER
\n#33 Bobby Berger DH<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Teams in the 2011 Best of the West Tournament<\/strong>
\n(Click links for other team profiles)<\/p>\n

\nPool A
\nCalifornia A\u2019s
\nLiberty Fastpitch
\nThose Guys
\nBakersfield Silverhawks<\/a>
\nJ&B Painting<\/a><\/p>\n

Pool B
\nCal-State Builders<\/a>
\nPala Braves
\nMaccabi USA
\nItalian Athletic Club<\/a>
\nCR A1 Rockies\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Click the logo to view Maddy's Photos from last year's Best of the West Tournament.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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