Current and former San Francisco fastpitch softball players:

The softball league is proposing to change our Thursday game night at Lang Field to Friday nights. We have had it for 40 years and are down to 4 teams. Playing on a Friday night is obviously more difficult to plan a weekend around…and won’t help us.

Why is it happening? Only two fastpitch games can be played on an evening. They can schedule 3 slow pitch games. Yes, there are over 300 city slowpitch teams…why not just contract their leagues to something more manageable; not ours!

Contact our Softball director with your position on this to help her see our perspective. Joann Dillon 415.831.6316 or email at j4joann (at) aol.com

many thanks,
Dirk McCall

The Greater San Joaquin Softball Association’s (GSJSA) Hall of Fame Banquet & Awards Ceremony will be held Sat., Feb. 13, 2010 at the Jackson Hall-Lodi Grape Festival Grounds located at 413 E. Lockeford Street in Lodi, CA. The Reception is at 6 PM and dinner will be at 7 PM. The cost is $25 for guests. Players, Todd Garcia, Keith Frey, Chuck Hamilton and Carl Wagner along with Ray Christman-Administrator, Jim Winchester-Umpire and Dick Brown-Administrator will be the 2010 Hall of Fame Inductees.

In addition, past ASA Fast Pitch National Champions in the Greater San Joaquin Softball Association (since 1933) will be honored. The GSJSA includes San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Amador, Calaveras, Merded and Mariposa counties. Being recognized in the “Wall of Honor” will be the 2000 San Joaquin Sharks of Stockton, 2008 Italian Athletic Club of Stockton, 1999 Verner Construction of Stockton, 1986 Tubbs & Son’s of Manteca, 1995 California Earthquakes of Los Banos, 1989 Serpa’s of Stockton and the seven-time National Champions “over 40 & 45” Nor Cal Masters teams of Stockton. Women’s ASA National Champions in the GSJSA include the 1991 Nor Cal Chargers and the 2005 Nor Cal Heat. It should be a great evening for the fast pitch community, fans, families and supporters. For tickets, contact GSJSA Commissioner Matt Pfeifer at 209.484.5036.

No tickets will be sold after February 8, 2010.

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The following dates have been confirmed for WCFA’s tournament schedule:

March 27-28, Stockton, Louis Park
April 18-18, Tulare
May 1-2, Sonora, Standard Park
May 15-16, Fresno, Regional Park
June 5-6, Sonora, Standard Park
June 19-20, Stockton, Louis Park
July 10-11, Sonora, Standard Park
July 24-25, Reno

Entry Fee will be $450.00 per event, payable prior to each event. $25 per team will taken out and put into an award package that will be given out at one of the July events. The association is also seeking donations which will enhance the award package. We are asking your team to committ to these tournaments two (2) weeks prior to each event to secure proper number of fields and officials and to be able to get a schedule out to you as soon as possible. More details will follow after the first of the year. If you ideas or suggestions to help the association please contact me.

There will be several rule changes and I will notify you of the changes at a later date.

Please keep me informed as to who is running the team and the proper e-mail address to use to send out the schedules as this is the most cost effective way to communicate.

Bob Chapel