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Well, here it is. The last Morning Brief post. Post number 4,943. The final chapter for our daily news blog on men’s fastpitch. We thank all of our readers, many of whom have been with us since that first post back on March 1, 2004. We have enjoyed it, more than you could know. -Jim [...]

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Need to catch up on the XII ISF World Championships ? Click Twitter logo below and scan the headlines. 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 [...]

We have updated the Fastpitchwest Tournament Calendar for 2009. Click here to view , or use the “Calendar” menu button the main page of Fastpitchwest. The calendar was created using Google’s Calendar, so you can view the list of tournaments on a “Month-at-a-Glance” style calendar. Click the little arrows in the upper left to move [...]

Morning Brief’s 3000th post: I just noticed that our post on the 19u teams in Australia was Morning Brief post number 3000. The news blog was started in March 2004, almost five years ago. It appears that the first 7 posts back in 2004 were test posts, as the oldest remaining post is post # [...]

16,916,337 – that’s the number of “hits” at www.fastpitchwest.com during 2006. (that’s “hits” on the site, not at the plate) From time to time, we hear people say that fastpitch is dying out, but the remarkable increase in traffic at Fastpitchwest suggests anything but. For those interested, here are some of the internet “traffic numbers” [...]

Hard to believe, but 2007 will be our tenth (10th) year on the internet, starting with those early days in 1998, when the site consisted of little more than a few pages of local news and standings, operated as an adjunct to my law firm website. A brief look back: In 2001, we moved the [...]

As the year winds to a close, we wanted to remind our readers that the Morning Brief has a “Feedblitz” service, which automatically emails you when a new item is posted. Never more than one email per day, and only when new items are added. It’s a great way to stay up on all the [...]

Sledgehammer22′s “Rumor Central”Among Fastball’s Favorites A Note from the Sledgehammer22: To all the Forum faithful. The 2006 Rumor Central topped 60,000 views recently, shattering last year’s total. It has been a great year filled with the most BS I’ve heard in a while. Since there has already been a 2007 Rumor Central started, I will [...]