WFI Game 5 at Monkton - On the Air

July 3rd, 2009

WFI Game 5 on Ballparkradio, Vancouver v. Midwest Stampede on Ballparkradio, with Steve Sabourin and Joe Todd.


Game 4 WFI at Monkton

July 3rd, 2009

Game 4 WFI at Monkton, Aspen Saskatoon 7, South Perth All Stars 1

YouTube Videos from Monkton

July 3rd, 2009

Some Monkton YouTube videos for your enjoyment. Nothing in particular, but just a few snippets to give you a feel of the tournament. The nighttime ones were shot on opening night, Thursday by Kyle Smith. Working to get you a few more during the course of the day.

Donnie Hale of the New Zealand Black Sox batting against Vancouver on opening night at Monkton:

Game 3 of WFI at Monkton is on the air - Ballparkradio.com

July 3rd, 2009

Ballparkradio is on the air with Game 3 at WFI at Monkton, New Zealand Black Sox vs. Jarvis Ontario,


WFI at Monkton - Schedule for Day 2 - Friday - July 3

July 3rd, 2009


(click banner for official tournament website)

Here is the schedule of games for the World Fastball Invitational at Monkton, for Friday, July 3, 2009, great ones all.

Game times are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), adjust accordingly.

Fri July 3
2:00pm Jarvis vs NZ
4:00pm S-P All Stars vs Sask.
6:00pm Vancouver vs. Stampede
8:00 EASTON HOME RUN DERBY
9:15 Kitchener vs Farm

All games today except the 4pm game will be broadcast live on Ballparkradio. Click the Ballparkradio logo to log in to listen. We are still resolving some issues with the internet connection at the field, so if you do not get the live broadcast for any reason, check the front page of Ballparkradio and/or Al’s Fastball, www.alsfastball.com for further information. ( The local radio station had their own connection for last night’s broadcasts, we have to create our own.)

POOL A
Kitchener Rivershark Twins
Saskatoon Aspen Interiors
Farm Tavern
South-Perth All Stars

POOL B
New Zealand National Team
Vancouver Grey Sox
Midwest Stampede
Jarvis First Ontario Gamblers

WFI at Monkton - Game 2

July 3rd, 2009

In the battle of the “Sox”, Black beats grey:

New Zealand Black Sox 7, Vancouver Grey Sox 2.

Monkton Scores and Upates on Twitter

July 2nd, 2009

We’ll be tweeting from all weekend from Monkton, so you may wish to bookmark the page.

WFI at Monkton - Game 1

July 2nd, 2009

World Fastball Invitational at Monkton - Game 1 - Kitchener 5, Aspen Saskatoon 0.

Live Audio Broadcasts from Monkton Tonight

July 2nd, 2009


(click banner for official tournament website)

Game times are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), adjust accordingly.

Thursday, July 2, 2009*
7:30pm Kitchener vz. Saskatoon
9:30pm NZ vs Vancouver

Central Time zone:
6:30pm Kitchener vz. Saskatoon
8:30pm NZ vs Vancouver

Mountain Time zone:
5:30pm Kitchener vz. Saskatoon
7:30pm NZ vs Vancouver

Pacific Time zone (West Coast)
4:30pm Kitchener vz. Saskatoon
6:30pm NZ vs Vancouver

Thursday night’s games are being broadcast locally in Monkton, Ontario, and streamed to the internet by local Canadian radio station, CKNX, with Steve Sabourin broadcasting.

To listen to the games, click the 920am logo above, then the “LISTEN LIVE” BUTTON IN UPPER RIGHT of their website.. We’re posting the same link on the front page of Ballparkradio so it’s handy.

Broadcasts for Friday, Saturday and Sunday will be via Ballparkradio, look for the “click to listen” link there. CKNX broadcaster Steve Sabourin will be joining the Ballparkradio crew in Monkton on Friday and Saturday.

Complete Live Audio Broadcast schedule for the weekend.

Complete Schedule of Games for the Tournament after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

June 2009 MB Headlines at Twitter

July 1st, 2009

Not sure if you missed any good fastball news during the month of June? Take a quick scan of our Morning Brief headlines at our Twitter page: (click the logo below)

We’ll be tweeting from Monkton, so you may wish to bookmark the page.

Not familiar with Twitter? Read more at our earlier post “Tweet Tweet”. In short, it’s short messages with fastpitch news - which you can read online, respond to, and/or get directly on your cell phone’s text messaging system.