Head coach Tim Lyon and assistants Scott Standerfer and (So Cal’s) Gary Mullican have the USA Jr. Men’s team in camp this week, at the Olympic training facility in Chula Vista, CA (near San Diego, by the border with Mexico) for it’s second summer camp in preparation for next year’s international competition at Prince Edward [...]

How’d you like to work your way up to being the #12 team in the country, head to a tournament and find yourselves the lowest ranked team in the tournament? Well, that’s exactly what Team Rainey will experience this weekend competing in the prestigious Bob Walsh Memorial tournament this weekend, July 24-25, 2004. The tournament [...]

Portland De Marini Rose Cup Tournament Brings out the Best Teams West of the Rockies When you talk about the best fastpitch teams and tournaments west of the Rockies, all eyes turn North by Northwest. The Pacific Northwest, that is, and in recent years, to the Portland DeMarini Rose Cup tournament. The 2004 Rose year’s [...]

Quick bit of trivia — What is the longest running men’s fastpitch tournament in Southern California? Answer: “Best of the West”, now in its 14th year. The tournament was started in 1991, by longtime fastpitch sponsor, Allan Ruegsegger, then of the Long Beach Painters. The first tournament was held at Joe Rodgers Field in Long [...]