We are pleased to share the revamped Fastpitch Chronicle with you, courtesy of publisher/editor Bob Tomlinson, who credits his daughter for the web handiwork on the revised front page. As most of our readers know, Bob was the publisher of the “Fastpitch Chronicle” newspaper in the 1980’s, and inspiration for fastpitchwest. Though the chronicle is no longer published in newsprint, readers can find the new and improved online version here.
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007PEI’S Richard No Hits N.B. Vics at Jr’s
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007From Pat Healey in PEI, via 
RICHARD NO HITS N.B. VICS
SUMMERSIDE – P.E.I. thrower Pierre Richard pitched six innings of no hit ball and Matt Dawson (2-4) stole two bases and drove home two runners as the host P.E.I. Source for Sports Twins mercied the New Brunswick Miramichi Vics 7-0 to open day 4 here at the 2007 Causeway Bay Softball Canada Junior Men’s fast pitch championships. Richard struck out seven and walked two in picking up the win. Devon Praught (1-3, two RBI), Ryan Gallant (2-4, run scored, double), Jeremy McKinnon (1-3, RBI) were P.E.I’s top batters. Jeremy Regan went two and one third innings in taking the loss, allowing on run on one hit, walking four and fanning one. Shane Benjamin gave up six runs in three and one third innings while and Brandon Gorman went a third of an inning walking one.
Thomson Area Merchants, IL Website
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007Click here to view the Thomson Area Merchants, Thomson Illinois team website. The site includes a few photos from last year’s ISC II Tournament of Champions, including this beautiful blue sky shot of the Merchants playing at Budd Park.
The team played in its first ISC II Tournament of Champions last year, and are headed to the ISC World Tournament this year as the # 25 ranked team. In last year’s ISC II Tournament of Champions, pitcher Jonas Mach from the Czech Republic broke the tournament strikeout record, only to be eclipsed later in the tournament by Micksburg’s Cory Costello, after the Merchants were eliminated from the tournament. Costello will be back at the ISC II tournament this year with the # 1 ranked Niagara Snappers.
The Thomson Area Merchants had their best tournament of the year at the AFSA Classic in Illinois recently, where they knocked off # 8 ranked Circle Tap. (more…)
Jarvis Merchants Team Website
Thursday, July 5th, 2007From:
The Jarvis Merchants have rolled out their new team website.
Editor’s notes: Jarvis is located in Ontario, Canada, with the Merchants currently ranked #15 in the June 21, 2007 ISC World rankings. That puts them just behind current #13 Portland and #14 Albaugh IA, and just ahead of #16 Quad City Sox and #17 Pueblo Bandits, CO.
The Merchants recently competed in the Monkton World Fastball Invitational, as the only non-top 10 team in the field and competed very well. The Merchants pitching staff is the talented trio of Brian Urquhart, Scott Wagar and Andrew Phibbs. Phibbs’ brother Allan is the catcher for the team. Top hitters for the Merchants thus far in the season are Pat Graham (.384) and Chris Staats (.378). Both have on-base percentages above .400. Brad Robinson leads the team in home runs with 6, while Pat Graham and Billy Simmons lead in hits. Graham and Robinson also leads in RBI.
We had a chance to see Scott Waggar pitch at the AAU International tournament in 2007, where he pitched very well, coming within one out of knocking off the ISC # 4 ranked Kitchener Hallman Twins. Ironically, in that game, it was Rino Dambrosio who got the game winner for the Twins. Dambrosio is a member of the Merchants regular 2007 roster, but was playing at the AAU with his old club, the Hallman Twins.
Be sure to visit their stats page, which includes box scores from all 27 games played to date, as well as individual player stats.
NY Broken Bow Gremlins Website is Up
Saturday, April 14th, 2007[Clifton Park, NY] – Our web site is up and running. It is available at:
http://gremlinfastpitch.com
Steve Kooser
Broken Bow Softball
2001, 2003& 2004 ISC World Champions
mailto:skooser@cox.net
http://gremlinfastpitch.com/
SCIFL in Palm Springs, CA This Weekend
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007Click here for a “Bird’s Eye View” of the fields in Palm Springs. Zoom in and you can almost see Vicki Oltean.
Click here for the new SCIFL website.
Saturday’s Pool Play Schedule (to be followed by Single Elim Bracket play on Sunday) (more…)
SCIFL Unveils New League Website
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007The So Cal Independent Fastpitch League (“SCIFL”) is proud to announce its new league website. The site will keep you updated on all the league news, schedules, standings, stats and more. We are currently in the beginning stages of posting new items and catching up on the first weeks’ action in Norwalk. If you have any comments or ideas which will help make the site better feel free to contact me.
http://www.scifastpitch.com
Fred Hanker
SCIFL Commissioner
www.scifastpitch.com
Update: Just added:
Standings, after one league weekend
Stats, after one league weekend
Schedule of Games for This Weekend in Palm Springs, CA
Prince George Powerhouse Website
Monday, February 26th, 2007
Click here to visit the new Prince George Powerhouse fastball website.
Chu Chua Chiefs Website
Saturday, February 24th, 2007
We welcome the Chu Chua Chiefs from Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, to our “Teams” page. Kamloops, B.C. is about 350 miles north east of Vancouver, and 600 miles west of Calgary.
The Chiefs’ roster is made up of young players in their 20’s, excited about the game of fastpitch. Click here to see their new website, and find them on our “Teams” page.
Click here to see their ballpark, Charles Anderson Park. Nice !
Al’s Fastball
Thursday, February 8th, 2007
Many of our readers are familiar with Al’s Fastball, which we affectionately refer to as “The Holy Grail” of Men’s Fastball.
Al’s Fastball is operated by Al Doran, in Ontario, Canada. (Al also doubles as the ISC Fastpitch webmaster).
The website provides a wealth of information on men’s fastball all over the world, and his emails go out daily to more than 1,500 fastball fans every day — including me. From time to time, we are asked for information on how to sign up for his mailing list, so we’re posting this link:
Click here for information on how to get onto the email mailing list for Al’s Fastball.
Mailing list subscribers can submit emails for posting to Al’s, but be sure to read the guidelines posted on the page linked above.
At the AAU tournament recently, a friend of mine was chatting with Al Doran and I. My friend told Al that his site was the first place he goes for fastball news every morning, then looked at me, as if he had hurt my feelings. I told him “don’t worry – it’s the first place I go too” 🙂 Al’s Fastball is a good part of the inspiration for Fastpitchwest – to help provide some news on what is happening “out West”. We heartily recommend Al’s Fastball – the website, and the mailing list to all of our readers.
For the convenience of our readers (and the editor), Fastpitchwest provides two easy links to get to Al’s Fastball:
1. Main Menu – the first menu button on our front page will take you directly to Al’s Fastball, the website.
2. Quick Link Bar – you’ll find a “Quick Link” to Al’s Fastball Archive on the far right hand side of that little grey bar at the bottom of nearly every page at Fastpitchwest. (except this blog) We are proud to host the back-up archive for copies of the emails that Al sends out, in chronological order.