Lots of tournament action in the province of Ontario this weekend including the 6th annual Snapper Shootout and the 19th annual Mitchell Tournament.
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Saturday, June 6th, 200945th Annual Glowworm Tournament – San Antonio, TX
Thursday, June 4th, 2009From Ruben Rios in San Antonio TX:
45th ANNUAL GLOWWORM TOURNAMENT
San Antonio, Texas
The Largest and Best Men’s Fastpitch Tournament In The State Of TexasTeam Manager / Sponsor:
It’s that time of the year FASTPITCH SOFTBALL and the RIOS FAMILY is extending our invitation to you on the 45th Annual Glowworm Tournament. The tournament will be held on July 4th and July 5th, 2009 and will be played at Alva Jo Fisher Softball complex. The tournament is a three game guarantee and the entry fee is $200.00 and we will only accept cash or money order. The deadline is SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2009. The tournament rules will be played to the 2009 ASA code.
As President of the Glowworm Athletic Club, I can attest that the success of our 44th Annual Tournament was definitely memorable.
The Glowworm Athletic Club and the RIOS FAMILY want to thank everyone who participating in our tournament last year and keeping FASTPITCH ALIVE.
We hope to hear from you soon!
Sincerely,
Ruben Rios, President
Phone: (210) 333-0064 cell: (210) 854-6409
E-MAIL: iceworms (at) juno.com
PLEASE RESPOND BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
A Player’s Eye View of Best of the West
Monday, June 1st, 2009I ran across this post on the blog of Kevin Nishinaga, who was picked up by the Bay Area (Team Pape) Pirates to play in the Best of the West tournament over the weekend. Kevin had signed on to get our Twitter feeds, and I discovered his blog. I think you will enjoy it, as I did, and perhaps recall that feeling you got when invited to travel out of town and play in your first tournament at the “next” level.
Click here to view the original blog post, dubbed “Real Pitchers”. The blog is “The Chronicles of Nishiro”
REAL pitchers
I went to my first softball tournament of 2009 this weekend, in Santa Barbara. Turns out it was a really high-level tournament, almost out of my league. This was the Best of the West tourney , featuring some of the top teams in the Western US. The pitching was amazing.
The team that picked me up for the weekend, the Bay Area Pirates:
I’ve been playing with and against a lot of these guys in Hayward and in travel league, so they picked me up as an extra player for this weekend. Another guy they picked up just for the weekend was BJ Hunhoff, a 20-yr-old out of South Dakota. He’s a nephew of one of our other pitchers (who couldn’t make it out this weekend due to a work emergency), and he pitched for Team USA in 2007 (maybe currently as well?).Our first game, we played the Black Sox of Long Beach, and won 8-0. I was the designated runner. It’s a special rule in fastpitch, where a single player is allowed to pinch-run once EVERY INNING. It’s a pretty cool position, cuz I get to steal and run the bases a lot. I’d rather play in the field and hit, but DR is the next best thing for sure. I stole 2 bases and scored like 3 runs in game 1. [edit] Our catcher Ricky was HOT with the bat, so I kinda turned into his personal baserunner this weekend. [end edit]
Second game, I DRed again, against the Columbia River Rockers (out of Portland) and we won again 9-0. BJ no-hit them. That was kind of ridiculous, cuz they’re a good team, I think.
Third game, I got to play the field against Santa Cecelia from Mexico. the manager told me that the pitcher had a good down ball, which would play into my strengths (slap ground balls and beat them out), but he didn’t tell me that the pitcher was ex-Mexican national team pitcher Panfilo Valdez. That guy’s up and down movement was ridiculous. I struck out 3x (couldn’t even get close on bunt attempts), and we got shut out. We lost on 2 unearned runs. I got to make 2 plays at short.
But overall, day 1 was great. we scored 17 runs and only gave up 2 in our 2-1 day, so we picked up the #2 seed in the day 2 single elimination bracket. Great showing for a team making its first appearance at a big tournament like this.
Day 2 was exciting the whole way. We faced the Black Sox again in the first game, and won a nailbiter. They got ahead early, but we battled back to pull ahead with 2 dramatic solo home runs in the late innings by Josh and Ryan, and we won 6-5. I was 1 for 2 in stolen base attempts (DRed again).
In the second game of Day 2, we faced Innovative Communications of Utah, and we got down early again, but we battled back to tie, and were tied when time ran out (90 mins), so we went into the International Tiebreaker rules (start extra innings with runner on second base). Unfortunately BJ had to catch his flight home to SD, so we had to pitch our second pitcher Keith (who was quite good). Keith pitched well, and Jabari threw out the lead run at the plate, but eventually some minor miscues led to a 4-run inning for Innovative, and we lost 8-5. I was unable to steal any bases in this game because the catcher was an ex-minor league baseball player and had a rocket arm.
All in all, we were very happy with our showing in the tournament. Due to scheduling miscues, the champion was crowned in a really awkward way — only 1 out of the top 4 remaining teams was able to stay (the rest had to catch flights home to Utah, Colorado, and Oregon), so Taylor Farms of California was declared the champion.
It was a great experience, to see some of the best pitchers in the world, live. Got to watch Jeremy Manley do his thing. Hopefully someday soon I’ll be able to compete at that level. Until then, I’ll keep plugging away in rec league.
Kevin also has a good size set of photos posted on his facebook page, including this one of young Kevin himself.
2009 Best of the West Complete Scoreboard
Sunday, May 31st, 2009
Have any info that is missing from this report? Please email to jim (at) fastpitchwest (dot) com.
Saturday May 30
Game 1 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 8:30 AM
Taylor Farms Athletics vs. Pueblo Bandits
Bandits 2, Taylor Farms1
WP-Manley
LP-Drotzmann
Manley struck out 14 and had the game winning triple in the last inning. Shawn Vanduvall homered and Nick Santos was 1-2 with the other RBI
Game 2 @ Elings Park Field 2 – 8:30 AM
CR Rockers Vs Rude Pac
Portland Rockers4, Rude Pac 2
WP-Mark Bennett, in relief of Lee Cose
LP-Doug Sleep, with relief from Gerald Pyle in the last inning
Rob Penticoff was 2-2 with 2 RBI. Ricky Martin was 2-3 with 2 RBI
Game 3 @ Elings Park Field 3 – 8:30 AM
SoCal Tribes Vs Silver Hawks
Silverhawks4, So Cal Tribes 0
WP-Todd Winkworth
LP-Sonny Perkins
Sean Barker was 2-3 while Chris McGehee drove in a run.
Game 4 @ Pershing Park – 8:30 AM
Tri-County Vs Coyotes
Tri County 10, Coyotes 7
WP-Rodgers
LP-Smalling
Game 5 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 10:15 AM
Santa Cecelia Vs Innovative Communications
Innovative Communications 5
Santa Cecelia 3
WP-Webb
LP-Valdez
Game 6 @ Elings Park Field 2 – 10:15 AM
Black Sox Vs Team Pape Pirates
Pirates 7, Black Sox 0
WP-BJ Hunhoff
LP-Randy Clay
HR- none
BJ Hunhoff went the distance, a 3 hit, 5 strikeout shutouf.
Game 7 @ Elings Park Field 3 – 10:15 AM
Maccabi USAVs Young Bucks
Young Bucks 7, Maccabi 6
LP-Rockwood, in relief of Glucksman
Eric Smalling of the Young Bucks with game winning walk off triple
Game 8 @ Pershing Park – 10:15 AM
Hostilez Vs Tri-County
Hostilez 7, Tri County 6
WP-n/a
LP-n/a
Game 9 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 12:00 Noon
Santa Cecilia Vs Pueblo Bandits
Pueblo Bandits 1, Santa Cecelia 0, 9 innings
WP-Jeremy Manley
LP-Panfilo Valdez
Game 10 @ Elings Park – Field 2 – 12:00Noon
Black Sox vs Taylor Farms
Taylor Farms 6, Black Sox 2
WP-Mike Egerdeen
LP-Ron Rupp (8 K’s in the losss)
HR-none
Jason Porto had two doubles.
Game 11 @ Elings Park – Field 3 – 12:00Noon
Maccabi USAVs SoCal Tribes
So Cal Tribes 3, Maccabi USA 1
WP-Sonny Perkins
LP-Dave Blackburn
HR-Nordie (Tribes).
The Tribes led the entire game, with Maccabi’s run coming in the 5th. They threatened in the final inning, but the game ended on a line drive out off the bat of Cory Angel, with the bases loaded, caught by the Tribes shortstop.
Game 12 @ Pershing Park – 12:00 Noon
Silver Hawks Vs Hostilez
Hostilez 7, Silverhawks 6
WP-Anthony Loza
LP-Todd Winkworth
Jason Caragoza 3-4 with 2 RBI.
Game 13 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 1:45 PM
Team Pape Pirates Vs CR Rockers
Team Pape Bay Area Pirates 9, Portland CR Rockers 0
WP-BJ Hunhoff ** no-hitter **
LP-Mark Bennett
Game 14 @ Elings Park Field 2 – 1:45 PM
Rude Pac Vs Innovative Communications
Innovative Communications, UT 6, Rude Pac 5
WP-Steve Morgan
LP-Matt Barnes
Game 15 @ Elings Park Field 3 – 1:45 PM
Young Bucks Vs Coyotes
Coyotes 7, Santa Barbara Young Bucks 5
WP-Will Oldham
LP-Ceclio Smalling
HR-Jacob Venzer (to lead off the game)
Coyotes Will Oldham was 3-3, with 5 RBI; Buddy Armijo was also 3-3, as was Jacob Venzer. The Coyotes George Valdivia and Rudy Soriano were 1-2 with a walk a piece.
Game 16 @ Pershing Park – 1:45 PM
Silver Hawks Vs Tri-County
Bakersfield Silverhawks 12, Tri County 1
WP-Todd Winkworth
LP-Jeremy Rodgers
Game 17 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 3:30 PM
CR Rockers Vs Bandits
Pueblo Bandits 4, Portland CR Rockers 0
WP-Jeremy Manley
LP-n/a
Game 18 @ Elings Park Field 2 – 3:30 PM
Taylor Farms Athletics Vs Innovative Communications
Taylor Farms California Athletics 4, Innovative Communications, UT 1
WP-Travis Price
LP-Randy Frame
Game 19 @ Elings Park Field 3 – 3:30 PM
Rude Pac vs Black Sox
Rude Pac 1, LB Black Sox 0
WP-Ed Gaspar
LP-Todd Budke
Game 20 @ Pershing Park – 3:30 PM
Maccabi USAVs Hostilez
Maccabi USA 9, Hostilez 8,
WP-Bob Rockwood
LP-Howie Diaz
Maccabi led 4-1, was overcome by 7 runs in the 6th, and then down 8-4 going into the final inning, rallied for five of their own, including three on Jason Gluckman’s dramatic 3 run walk off home run.
Game 21 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 5:15 PM
Santa Cecelia Vs Team Pape Pirates
Santa Cecelia, Mexical, Mexico 2, Bay Area Team Pape Pirates 0
WP-Panfilo Valdez
LP-Keith Frey (BJ Hunhoff relieved in 6th)
Game 22 @ Pershing Park – 5:15 PM
So CalTribes Vs Coyotes
So Cal Tribes 6, Beaumont Coyotes 1
WP-n/a
LP-Cecilio Smalling
Sunday Playoff Scoreboard
FIRST ROUND
Game 23 8:00 AM @ Elings Park Field 1 – 4th Place Vs 13th Place
So Cal Tribes vs. Tri County Santa Barbara
So Cal Tribes 6, Tri County Santa Barbara 1
Game 24 8:00 AM @ Elings Park Field 2 – 7th Place Vs 10th Place
Morongo Hostilez v. Portland CR Rockers
Portland CR Rockers 10, Hostilez 1
WP-Spud Barker
LP-n/a
Ryan Dailey hit an inside the park home run for Portland.
Game 25 8:00 AM @ Elings Park Field 3 – 8th Place Vs 9th Place
Santa Cecelia Mexical, Mexico v. A-1 Rude Pac
Mexicali 1, Rude Pac 0
WP-Panfilo Valdez
LP-Doug Sleep
Game 26 8:00 AM @ Pershing Park – 6th Place Vs 11th Place
Innovative Communications UT vs. Maccabi USA
Innovative Communications UT 4, Maccabi USA 2
WP-Ryan Webb
LP-Jason Gluckman
Jason Gluckman was 2-3 with 2 RBI
Tommy Gray hit a 2 run HR for Innovative
Innovative advances to the second round, while Maccabi is eliminated
Game 27 9:45 AM @ Elings Park Field 2 – 2nd Place Vs 15th Place
Bay Area Pirates v. Long Beach Black Sox
Pirates beat the Black Sox
Game 28 9:45 AM @ Elings Park Field 3 – 3rd Place Vs 14th Place
Taylor Farms Calfornia Athletics v. Santa Barbara Young Bucks
Taylor Farms 4, Santa Barbara Young Bucks 0
WP-Dave Drotzmann, with relief from Mike Egerdeen
LP-n/a
Game 29 9:45 AM @ Pershing Park – 5th Place Vs 12th Place
Bakersfield Silverhawks v. Beaumont Coyotes
Bakersfield Silverhawks beat the Beaumont Coyotes
SECOND ROUND
Game 30 9:45 AM @ Elings Park Field 1 – (Quarterfinal) W Game 23 Vs W Game 24
Portland beat So Cal Tribes
Game 31 11:30 AM @ Elings Park Field 2(Quarter-Final) W Game 27 Vs W Game 26
Bay Area Pirates v. Innovative Communications
Innovative Communications, UT 9, Bay Area Pirates 4
WP-Russ Chadwick in relief of Steve Morgan
LP-Keith Frey in relief of BJ Hunhoff
HR-Canyon Vance of Innovative; Ron Brannin (also for Innovative)
Canyon Vance 3 RBI.
Game 32 11:30 AM @ Elings Park Field 1 (Quarter-Final) 1st Place Vs W Game 25
Pueblo Bandits 4, Mexicali 0
WP-Jeremy Manley
LP-Panfilo Valdez
Game 33 11:30 AM @ Elings Park Field 3 (Quarter-Final) W Game 28 Vs W Game 29
Taylor Farms California Athletics 5, Bakersfield Silverhawks 1
WP-Mike Egerdeen, with Travis Price in relief
LP-Todd Winkworth
THIRD ROUND – SEMI-FINALS
Game 34 1:15 PM @ Elings Park Field 2 (SemiFinals) W Game 30 Vs W Game 31
Portland CR Rockers v. Innovative Communications, UT
Portland CR Rockers 9, Innovative Communications 2
WP-Lee Cose
LP-Randy Frame
Game 35 1:15 PM @ Elings Park Field 1 (Semi-Finals) W Game 32 Vs W Game 33
Pueblo Bandits v. Taylor Farms
Taylor Farms 7, Pueblo Bandits 0
(forfeit, Pueblo had to leave to catch flights)
2009 BEST OF THE WEST CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Game 36 3:00 PM @ Elings Park Field 1 (Championship) W Game 34 vs W Game 35
Taylor Farms California Athletics 7, Portland CR Rockers 0
(forfeit, Portland had to catch flights)
Taylor Farms California A’s are 2009 Best of West Champions
Sunday, May 31st, 2009
In what might be the oddest ending to a tournament that I can recall in recent memory, Taylor Farms California Athletics were declared the winners of the 2009 Best of the West tournament Sunday in Santa Barbara, when the other three members of the “Final Four” could not stay for the championship game at 3pm, as they had to catch flights home.
Pueblo Colorado defeated Mexicali, 3-0 in a quarterfinal after earning the first round bye, but had to catch flights home, and could not stay to play Taylor Farms, in a scheduled 1:15pm slated semi-final.
Meanwhile, in the other bracket, Portland CR Rockers and Innovative Communications squared off in the other semi-final, with the winner to play Taylor Farms, who advanced to the championnship game by virtue of the forfeit win over Pueblo.
It got worse, though, when Portland CR Rockers (from Oregon) and Innovative Communications (from Utah) also had to catch flights home. They stayed to play their semi-final matchup (underway as we write this post), but Taylor Farms has already been crowned the 2009 Best of the West champion, with the second forfeit win of the day. Taylor Farms was 2-1 on Saturday and entered Sunday as the #3 seed out of 15 teams. They won their first two single elimination playoff games, a 4-0 win over the Santa Barbara Young Bucks in an 8am game, and a 5-0 win over the Bakersfield Silverhawks in an 11:30am quarterfinal.
Marcus Tan, the shortstop for Taylor Farms California Athletics (and newest member of Team USA), earned Most Valuable Player honors, while Jeremy Manley captured the Most Valuable Pitcher trophy. Manley had 48 strikeouts in 3 games on Saturday, and surrendered but one run all day yesterday. He capped that performance with another shutout win over Mexicali, his second shutout win over them in as many days.
We’ll catch up the details on the early games, but that’s a wrap from Santa Barbara, other than the outcome of the Portland v. Innovative semi-final game.
Update: Portland CR Rockers beat Innovative Communications of Utah in the tournament’s final game, 9-2 to determine the runner-up.
Taylor Farms California Athletics are the 2009 Best of the West champions, while Portland CR Rockers second and Innovative Communications third. The winning pitcher was Randy Frame, losing pitcher Lee Cose.
Odd ending, a little disappointing for fans looking forward to the championship game.
Best of the West – Sunday Playoff Scoreboard
Sunday, May 31st, 2009Sunday morning in Santa Barbara. A little overcast with very light drizzle this morning, but that is often the case for California coastal towns. All 15 teams will begin the single elimination playoff round today, seeded according to their Saturday games.
No internet connection at the field, so postings will likely be light during the day, but we’ll have scores up before the day is out. I am working on a connection for a midday post, around 12:00 or 12:30pm PDT, to recap the morning scores, leading into the Final Four games, so if you are checking back and don’t find anymore updates on Twitter, that’s the best time to check.
We want to remind folks that we are also using our “Twitter” page. For those not familiar with Twitter, it is a website that permits very short postings by anyone, and allows those that wish to “follow” along to do so, from their computer or cell phone.
(click logo below to view our Twitter page)
If you are a fan following along, and speak with someone playing in the tournament by cell phone during the day, we invite you to post a quick note with any information you can, e.g. Team A is beating Team B, 2-1 in the 6th. Or for any fans in the stands, likewise, feel free to post updates. Let us know what you think about this addition to the coverage. Twitter seems well suited to the task.
Darren Strang reminded me that you need to register your phone number with twitter to allow txt message uploads.
Sunday Playoff Scoreboard
FIRST ROUND
Game 23 8:00 AM @ Elings Park Field 1 – 4th Place Vs 13th Place
So Cal Tribes vs. Tri County Santa Barbara
So Cal Tribes 6, Tri County Santa Barbara 1
Game 24 8:00 AM @ Elings Park Field 2 – 7th Place Vs 10th Place
Morongo Hostilez v. Portland CR Rockers
Portland CR Rockers 10, Hostilez 1
WP-Spud Barker
LP-n/a
Ryan Dailey hit an inside the park home run for Portland.
Game 25 8:00 AM @ Elings Park Field 3 – 8th Place Vs 9th Place
Santa Cecelia Mexical, Mexico v. A-1 Rude Pac
Mexicali 1, Rude Pac 0
WP-Panfilo Valdez
LP-Doug Sleep
Game 26 8:00 AM @ Pershing Park – 6th Place Vs 11th Place
Innovative Communications UT vs. Maccabi USA
Innovative Communications UT 4, Maccabi USA 2
WP-Ryan Webb
LP-Jason Gluckman
Jason Gluckman was 2-3 with 2 RBI
Tommy Gray hit a 2 run HR for Innovative
Innovative advances to the second round, while Maccabi is eliminated
Game 27 9:45 AM @ Elings Park Field 2 – 2nd Place Vs 15th Place
Bay Area Pirates v. Long Beach Black Sox
Pirates beat the Black Sox
Game 28 9:45 AM @ Elings Park Field 3 – 3rd Place Vs 14th Place
Taylor Farms Calfornia Athletics v. Santa Barbara Young Bucks
Taylor Farms 4, Santa Barbara Young Bucks 0
WP-Dave Drotzmann, with relief from Mike Egerdeen
LP-n/a
Game 29 9:45 AM @ Pershing Park – 5th Place Vs 12th Place
Bakersfield Silverhawks v. Beaumont Coyotes
Bakersfield Silverhawks beat the Beaumont Coyotes
SECOND ROUND
Game 30 9:45 AM @ Elings Park Field 1 – (Quarterfinal) W Game 23 Vs W Game 24
Portland beat So Cal Tribes
Game 31 11:30 AM @ Elings Park Field 2(Quarter-Final) W Game 27 Vs W Game 26
Bay Area Pirates v. Innovative Communications
Innovative Communications, UT 9, Bay Area Pirates 4
WP-Russ Chadwick in relief of Steve Morgan
LP-Keith Frey in relief of BJ Hunhoff
HR-Canyon Vance of Innovative; Ron Brannin (also for Innovative)
Canyon Vance 3 RBI.
Game 32 11:30 AM @ Elings Park Field 1 (Quarter-Final) 1st Place Vs W Game 25
Pueblo Bandits 4, Mexicali 0
WP-Jeremy Manley
LP-Panfilo Valdez
Game 33 11:30 AM @ Elings Park Field 3 (Quarter-Final) W Game 28 Vs W Game 29
Taylor Farms California Athletics 5, Bakersfield Silverhawks 1
WP-Mike Egerdeen, with Travis Price in relief
LP-Todd Winkworth
THIRD ROUND – SEMI-FINALS
Game 34 1:15 PM @ Elings Park Field 2 (SemiFinals) W Game 30 Vs W Game 31
Portland CR Rockers v. Innovative Communications, UT
Portland CR Rockers 9, Innovative Communications 2
WP-Randy Frame
LP-Lee Cose
Game 35 1:15 PM @ Elings Park Field 1 (Semi-Finals) W Game 32 Vs W Game 33
Pueblo Bandits v. Taylor Farms
Taylor Farms 7, Pueblo Bandits 0
(forfeit, Pueblo had to leave to catch flights)
2009 BEST OF THE WEST CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Game 36 3:00 PM @ Elings Park Field 1 (Championship) W Game 34 vs W Game 35
Taylor Farms California Athletics 7, Portland CR Rockers 0
(forfeit, Portland had to catch flights)
Prior updates after the jump (more…)
Best of the West – Saturday Order of Finish and Playoff Seeding
Saturday, May 30th, 2009
Pueblo Bandits Edge out Bay Area Pirates for Top Seed at Best of the West
Here is Saturday’s order of finish and seedings for Sundays’ Single Elimination playoffs: (seeding among teams tied with 2-1 or 1-2 records determined by runs allowed)
‘”ra” = runs allowed, “rs” = runs scored”, above.
1. Bandits, Pueblo, CO, 3-0, 1 run allowed, 7 runs scored
2. Team Pape Pirates, Walnut Creek, CA, 2-1, 2 ra, 17 rs
3. Taylor Farms California Athletics, 2-1, 5 ra, 11 rs
4. So Cal Tribes, 2-1, 6 ra, 9 rs
5. Bakersfield Silverhawks, 2-1, 8 ra, 22 rs
6. Innovative Communications, UT, 2-1, 12 ra, 12 rs
7. Morongo Hostilez, 2-1, 21 ra, 22 rs
8. Santa Cecelia, Mexicali, Mexico, 1-2 , 6 ra, 5 rs
9. Rude Pac, 1-2, 10 ra, 8 rs
10. Portland CR Rockers, 1-2, 15 ra, 4 rs
11. Maccabi USA, 1-2, 18 ra, 16 rs
12. Beaumont Coyotes, 1-2, 21 ra, 15 rs
13. Tri County Santa Barbara, 1-2, 26 ra, 17 rs
14. Santa Barbara Young Bucks, 1-1*, 13 ra, 12 rs
15. Long Beach Black Sox, 0-3, 15 ra, 2 rs
*Young Bucks played only two games, determined by rule as low seed among teams with one win.
**the first tie breaker for teams with the same record is runs allowed; there were no ties for runs allowed, so the next critieria, runs scored was not utilized in the seeding. We’ve posted the totals anyway.
Playoffs – Sunday, May 31, 2009
All games at Elings except 6 v. 11 and 5 v. 12
4 v. 13, 8am,
So Cal Tribes vs. Tri County Santa Barbara
7 v. 10, 8 am,
Morongo Hostilez v. Portland CR Rockers
2 v. 15, 9:45am
Bay Area Pirates v. Long Beach Black Sox
6 v. 11, 8am, Pershing Park
Innovative Communications UT vs. Maccabi USA
8 v. 9, 8am
Santa Cecelia Mexical, Mexico v. A-1 Rude Pac
3 v. 14, 9:45am
Taylor Farms Calfornia Athletics v. Santa Barbara Young Bucks
5 v. 12, 9:45am Pershing Park
Bakersfield Silverhawks v. Beaumont Coyotes
SECOND ROUND GAMES
9:45am Elings Park
Winner So Cal Tribe/Tri County v. Winner Hostilez/Portland CR Rockers
11;30am Elings Park
Winner Pirates/Black Sox v. Winner Innovative/Maccabi
11:30am
1 v. winner of 8 v. 9
Pueblo Bandits v. Winner Mexical/Rude Pac
11:30am
Winner Taylor Farms/Young Bucks v. Winner Silverhawks/Coyotes
THIRD ROUND – SEMI FINALS
1:15 Elings Park
Winner of second round games
3:00 pm
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
The above schedule is not official – please consult with David Blackburn for the official playoff schedule. We’ll post a bracket when we receive the official one from Dave Blackburn.
Sunday schedule with game numbers after the jump:
Best of the West on Twitter
Saturday, May 30th, 2009
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When you use “twitter”, you can sign up as a “follower” and get the updates.
Best of the West – Saturday Scoreboard
Saturday, May 30th, 2009
(click logo above to visit the Best of the West website,
with photos and past history)
UPDATE 9pm PDT: Just getting back from the fields. No internet connection and cell phone battery ran out, so just getting back to posting scores. We’ll put the scores up, then details a bit later. Some brief notes posted over at our Twitter page:
Game of the day might have been Pueblo, 1-0 over Santa Cecelia Mexical Mexico. Jeremy Manley and Panfilo Valdez zip zip into 9th.
Bay Area Pirates went 2-1, won two games behind BJ Hunhoff, who tossed a no-hitter in his second game. Pirates lost third game 2-0, #2 seed
Manley struck out 48 in 3 games, 17, 14 and 17. Oh, and he homered and won another game with a triple. Not a bad day for him.
It’s 9pm PDT, going to post the scores before heading to dinner, more details later.Pueblo was the only 3-0 team today, #1 seed and gets bye
Well, no luck in posting to Twitter from the field today. Twitter’s javascript doesn’t like my Windows mobile cell.
UPDATE: 3PM PDT Just getting some scores in from the morning games. Putting them in on my cell phone so it will be a little slow. I will just put scores in firsta and add details later
UPDATE: 12:30PM PDT: I’m still enroute to Santa Barbara, won’t arrive til close to 3pm or so. Hope to get some scores to post by cell phone.
If you are at the tournament reading this, or getting telephone reports from anyone there, please feel free to post the information on our Twitter account,
http://twitter.com/fastpitchwest
We’ll be posting scores here, with the games to be played shown below the jump.
Saturday May 30
Game 1 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 8:30 AM
Taylor Farms Athletics vs. Pueblo Bandits
Bandits 2, Taylor Farms1
WP-Manley
LP-Drotzmann
Manley struck out 14 and had the game winning triple in the last inning. Another of those good hitting pitchers.
Shawn Vanduvall homered and Nick Santos was 1-2 with the other RBI
Wish this game had been later in the day, would like to have seen it. One of the marquee match-ups in the tournament, with top two ISC ranked teams, #12 Pueblo edging out #19 Taylor Farms. One hit — Manley’s — was the difference in this one. Several of the Taylor Farms/Team USA players, including pitcher Travis Price, Marcus Tan, Steve Pinnochio, along with Dave Drotzmann (who pitched for the Virgin Islands team) just got back from that trip, and appeared to be in mid-season form. The Taylor Farms infield looks to be among the best in the tournament – former Lumberkings Pat Fuentes at third, Marcus Tan at short, So Cal Bomber Steve Pinnochio at second and Lumberking Kevin Castillo at first base. A pitcher’s dream. Castillo, as many readers know, is the former Team USA Junior player from the 2005 team that played at PEI, and son of a teammate of mine, Paul Castillo. Kevin suffered a nasty ankle injury at last year’s Snapper Shootout in Niagara, Ontario, which required surgery and a cross country trip by his father to drive him back home to Long Beach California. It was good to see him back on the field, and appearing to be on the mend from the injury. The father and son will be in opposite dugouts tomorrow, as Kevin’s Taylor Farms team, the #3 seed, opens the playoff round against the #14 seeded Santa Barbara Young Bucks, the 23-and-under team run by Clyde Bennett, and coached by Kevin’s father Paul.
Game 2 @ Elings Park Field 2 – 8:30 AM
CR Rockers Vs Rude Pac
Portland Rockers4, Rude Pac 2
WP-Mark Bennett, in relief of Lee Cose
LP-Doug Sleep, with relief from Gerald Pyle in the last inning
Rob Penticoff was 2-2 with 2 RBI. Ricky Martin (player, not singer) was 2-3 with 2 RBI
Game 3 @ Elings Park Field 3 – 8:30 AM
SoCal Tribes Vs Silver Hawks
Silverhawks4, So Cal Tribes 0
WP-Todd Winkworth
LP-Sonny Perkins
Sean Barker, brother of Spud, was 2-3 while Chris McGehee drove in a run.
Todd Winkworth out west pitching for a California team? No coincidence, as Silverhawk teammate Brian Teeters (2008 Lumberking), is expected to be in uniform for the Bridgeport Braves of Ontario. Teeters hit the game tying home run that helped lift the Lumberkings past those same Braves in last year’s ISC II T of C. Can’t beat ’em, sign ’em. Great addition to an already strong Bridgeport squad, who were an out or two away from advancing to the tournament’s final day.
Game 4 @ Pershing Park – 8:30 AM
Tri-County Vs Coyotes
Tri County 10, Coyotes 7
WP-Rodgers
LP-Smalling
Game 5 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 10:15 AM
Santa Cecelia Vs Innovative Communications
Innovative Communications 5
Santa Cecelia 3
WP-Webb
LP-Valdez
Game 6 @ Elings Park Field 2 – 10:15 AM
Black Sox Vs Team Pape Pirates
Pirates 7, Black Sox 0
WP-BJ Hunhoff
LP-Randy Clay
HR- none
BJ Hunhoff went the distance, striking out 5 and surrendering just 3 hits(Budke, Jimmy Buentello
and Carlos had the hits)
Game 7 @ Elings Park Field 3 – 10:15 AM
Maccabi USAVs Young Bucks
Young Bucks 7, Maccabi 6
LP-Rockwood, in relief of Glucksman
Eric Smalling of the Young Bucks with game winning walk off triple
Game 8 @ Pershing Park – 10:15 AM
Hostilez Vs Tri-County
Hostilez 7, Tri County 6
WP-n/a
LP-n/a
Game 9 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 12:00 Noon
Santa Cecilia Vs Pueblo Bandits
Pueblo Bandits 1, Santa Cecelia 0, 9 innings
WP-Jeremy Manley
LP-Panfilo Valdez
Maybe the game of the day here, great pitchers duel between Manley and Valdez, who knotted it up for 8 innings, before Pueblo pushed across the game winner.
Game 10 @ Elings Park – Field 2 – 12:00Noon
Black Sox vs Taylor Farms
Taylor Farms 6, Black Sox 2
WP-Mike Egerdeen
LP-Ron Rupp (8 K’s in the losss)
HR-none
Jason Porto had two doubles. Taylor Farms touched up Ron Rupp for 5 in the first, 1 in the second, and nothing thereafter. Todd Budke had 2 hits – both of the infield variety. (ever see that before?) Eli Salazar, on loan from SCIFL rival Panteras had two hits. Eli an underrated player, good to see him get a chance to show he can play at the next level.
Game 11 @ Elings Park – Field 3 – 12:00Noon
Maccabi USAVs SoCal Tribes
So Cal Tribes 3, Maccabi USA 1
WP-Sonny Perkins
LP-Dave Blackburn
HR-Nordie (Tribes).
The Tribes led the entire game, with Maccabi’s run coming in the 5th. They threatened in the final inning, but the game ended on a line drive out off the bat of Cory Angel, with the bases loaded, caught by the Tribes shortstop.
Game 12 @ Pershing Park – 12:00 Noon
Silver Hawks Vs Hostilez
Hostilez 7, Silverhawks 6
WP-Anthony Loza
LP-Todd Winkworth
Jason Caragoza 3-4 with 2 RBI.
Game 13 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 1:45 PM
Team Pape Pirates Vs CR Rockers
Team Pape Bay Area Pirates 9, Portland CR Rockers 0
WP-BJ Hunhoff ** a no-hitter **
LP-Mark Bennett
Game 14 @ Elings Park Field 2 – 1:45 PM
Rude Pac Vs Innovative Communications
Innovative Communications, UT 6, Rude Pac 5
WP-Steve Morgan
LP-Matt Barnes
Another of the day’s better games, though time shortened to 4 innings.
Game 15 @ Elings Park Field 3 – 1:45 PM
Young Bucks Vs Coyotes
Coyotes 7, Santa Barbara Young Bucks 5
WP-Will Oldham
LP-Ceclio Smalling
HR-Jacob Venzer (to lead off the game)
Coyotes Will Oldham was 3-3, with 5 RBI; Buddy Armijo was also 3-3, as was Jacob Venzer
The Coyotes George Valdivia and Rudy Soriano were 1-2 with a walk a piece.
Game 16 @ Pershing Park – 1:45 PM
Silver Hawks Vs Tri-County
Bakersfield Silverhawks 12, Tri Couinty 1
WP-Todd Winkworth
LP-Jeremy Rodgers
Game 17 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 3:30 PM
CR Rockers Vs Bandits
Pueblo Bandits 4, Portland CR Rockers 0
WP-Jeremy Manley
LP-n/a
Game 18 @ Elings Park Field 2 – 3:30 PM
Taylor Farms Athletics Vs Innovative Communications
Taylor Farms California Athletics 4, Innovative Communications, UT 1
WP-Travis Price
LP-Randy Frame
Game 19 @ Elings Park Field 3 – 3:30 PM
Rude Pac vs Black Sox
Rude Pac 1, LB Black Sox 0
WP-Ed Gaspar
LP-Todd Budke
Game 20 @ Pershing Park – 3:30 PM
Maccabi USAVs Hostilez
Maccabi USA 9, Hostilez 8,
WP-Bob Rockwood
LP-Howie –
One of the wildest games of the day. Maccabi led 4-1, was overcome by 7 runs in the 6th, and down 8-4 going into the final inning, rallied for five of their own, including three on Jason Gluckman’s dramatic 3 run walk off home run.
Game 21 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 5:15 PM
Santa Cecelia Vs Team Pape Pirates
Santa Cecelia, Mexical, Mexico 2, Bay Area Team Pape Pirates 0
WP-Panfilo Valdez
LP-Keith Frey (BJ Hunhoff relieved in 6th)
Panfilo Valdez finally had some luck go his way, after pitching very well all day long (0-0 for 8 innings against the top seeded Pueblo Bandits.) The Pirates game was 0-0 going into the late innings, when Santa Cecelia pushed across single runs in separate innings, one on an outfield error. The game was an important one for seeding, as the Pirates, behind BJ Hunhoff, did not surrender a run in its first two games. They needed a win and another shutout to edge out the Pueblo Bandits who finished 3-0 and gave up but one run. Close but no cigar, and the Pirates finished the day 2-1, with a total of 2 runs surrendered in three games. Frey and Valdez both pitched well.
Game 22 @ Pershing Park – 5:15 PM
So CalTribes Vs Coyotes
So Cal Tribes 6, Beaumont Coyotes 1
WP-n/a
LP-Cecelio Smalling
Best of the West Kicks Off Today
Saturday, May 30th, 2009
(click logo above to visit the Best of the West website,
with photos and past history)
Action gets underway today in beautiful Santa Barbara California at the 19th annual Best of the West tournament. Fifteen teams will be on hand, the largest field of teams ever at the longest standing open level men’s fastpitch tournament in California. The ISC # 12 ranked Pueblo Bandits with New Zealand pitcher Jeremy Manley from Colorado will headline the tournament, along with ISC # 19 ranked California Athletics, with Team USA pitcher Travis Price, and last year’s ISC II Most Valuable Pitcher Dave Drotzmann.
Click here to view the profiles for the teams competing.
Eight teams will square off at 8:30 a.m. for the early action, with games, with games slated all day Saturday, with the last set at 5:15pm. Three fields are in use at Ellings Park, with one more at Pershing Park in the heart of Santa Barbara.
Single elimination playoffs will kick off on Sunday morning at 8am, with the championship game set to go at 3pm PDT.
Catch all the scores here at the Morning Brief at Fastpitchwest, and look to Maddysphotos.com for great action shots and more.
Teams
1. SantaCecelia, Mexicali, Mexico
2. Hostilez,Morongo Reservation
3. Bandits, Pueblo, CO
4. Tri-County, Santa Barbara, CA
5. ISC II #32 InnovativeCommunications, Lehi, Utah
6. Coyotes, Beaumont, CA
7. Taylor Farms Athletics, Salinas, CA
8. SilverHawks, Bakersfield, CA
9. ISC II #6 Rude Pac, Sun Valley, CA
10. SoCal Tribes,San Jacinto, CA
11. ISC II #15 C.R.Rockers, Portland, Oregon
12. Young Bucks,Santa Barbara, CA
13. Black Sox, Long Beach, CA
14. Team Pape Pirates, Walnut Creek, CA
15. ISC II #37 Maccabi USA
Schedule
*This is the complete REVISED schedule, including changes to the Sunday playoffs*
Saturday May 30
Game 1 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 8:30 AM
Taylor Farms Athletics Vs Bandits
Game 2 @ Elings Park Field 2 – 8:30 AM
CR Rockers Vs Rude Pac
Game 3 @ Elings Park Field 3 – 8:30 AM
SoCal Tribes Vs Silver Hawks
Game 4 @ Pershing Park – 8:30 AM
Tri-County Vs Coyotes
Game 5 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 10:15 AM
Santa Cecelia Vs Innovative Communications
Game 6 @ Elings Park Field 2 – 10:15 AM
Black Sox Vs Team Pape Pirates
Game 7 @ Elings Park Field 3 – 10:15 AM
Maccabi USAVs Young Bucks
Game 8 @ Pershing Park – 10:15 AM
Hostilez Vs Tri-County
Game 9 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 12:00 Noon
Santa Cecilia Vs Bandits
Game 10 @ Elings Park – Field 2 – 12:00Noon
Black Sox vs Taylor Farms
Game 11 @ Elings Park – Field 3 – 12:00Noon
Maccabi USAVs SoCal Tribes
Game 12 @ Pershing Park – 12:00 Noon
Silver Hawks Vs Hostilez
Game 13 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 1:45 PM
Team Pape Pirates Vs CR Rockers
Game 14 @ Elings Park Field 2 – 1:45 PM
Rude Pac Vs Innovative Communications
Game 15 @ Elings Park Field 3 – 1:45 PM
Young Bucks Vs Coyotes
Game 16 @ Pershing Park – 1:45 PM
Silver Hawks Vs Tri-County
Game 17 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 3:30 PM
CR Rockers Vs Bandits
Game 18 @ Elings Park Field 2 – 3:30 PM
Taylor Farms Athletics Vs Innovative Communications
Game 19 @ Elings Park Field 3 – 3:30 PM
Rude Pac vs Black Sox
Game 20 @ Pershing Park – 3:30 PM
Maccabi USAVs Hostilez
Game 21 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 5:15 PM
Santa Cecelia Vs Team Pape Pirates
Game 22 @ Pershing Park – 5:15 PM
So CalTribes Vs Coyotes
Single Elimination Sunday
Game 23 8:00 AM @ Elings Park Field 1 – 13th Place Vs 4th Place
Game 24 8:00 AM @ Elings Park Field 2 – 10th Place Vs 7th Place
Game 25 8:00 AM @ Elings Park Field 3 – 8th Place Vs 9th Place
Game 26 8:00 AM @ Pershing Park – 11th Place Vs 6th Place
Game 27 9:45 AM @ Elings Park Field 2 – 2nd Place Vs 15th Place
Game 28 9:45 AM @ Elings Park Field 3 – 3rd Place Vs 14th Place
Game 29 9:45 AM @ Pershing Park – 5th Place Vs 12th Place
Game 30 9:45 AM @ Elings Park Field 1 – (Quarterfinal) W Game 23 Vs W Game 24
Game 31 11:30 AM @ Elings Park Field 2(Quarter-Final) W Game 27 Vs W Game 26
Game 32 11:30 AM @ Elings Park Field 1 (Quarter-Final) 1st Place Vs W Game 25
Game 33 11:30 AM @ Elings Park Field 3 (Quarter-Final) W Game 28 Vs W Game 29
Game 34 1:15 PM @ Elings Park Field 2 (SemiFinals) W Game 30 Vs W Game 31
Game 35 1:15 PM @ Elings Park Field 1 (Semi-Finals) W Game 32 Vs W Game 33
Game 36 3:00 PM @ Elings Park Field 1 (Championship) W Game 34 vs W Game 35