A voice in favor of PRAWN rule [Alsfastball] PRAWN is a good thing – John Mikan
And a detailed response to John’s post.
Archive for September, 2005
In favor of PRAWN
Tuesday, September 20th, 2005TIC Interview with ISC Exec Dir Ken Hackmeister
Monday, September 19th, 2005ISC Executive Director Addresses Future of ISC World Tournament, including the “PRAWN” Rule
“The Inside Curve”, Milt Michael’s fine website from the Pacific Northwest has an interview with ISC Executive Director, Ken Hackmeister. For those who have been following the discussion of the new “PRAWN” rule, which limits the number of All World players a team can have, there is a good explanation of the rule and its purpose in the interview with Ken.
An Interview with Ken Hackmeister
ISC Executive DirectorTIC: Congratulations on a successful ’05 tournament. Were you happy with the numbers from Eau Claire ?
Ken: We haven’t seen any numbers from Eau Claire yet. Visually, I was pleased with the attendance, particularly for the power pools round robin games.
TIC: There was a lot of talk about the “power pool conceptâ€, where the top ten teams all played in two divisions and they all advanced. Do you think it will be continued?
Bridgeport Braves Capture South Perth Ontario Men’s Fastball League Title
Monday, September 19th, 2005[Alsfastball] South Perth Men’s Fastball League – Bridgeport rolls!
By way of background, the South Perth league in Ontario, Canada is one of the best intermediate fastball leagues in North America. This year’s champions, the Bridgeport ON Braves played in the 2005 ISC II at Chippewa Falls, WI, making the playoffs, but falling to eventual champion, the Elmira ON Cubs. The Tavistock Merchants who finished as the runner-up in the South Perth league was the runner-up in the 2004 ISC II in Fargo, North Dakota. To get to the finals in the South Perth league, Tavistock beat the Sebringville Sting, a name familiar to So Cal fastball fans — they were the team that came out of the loser’s bracket to beat Team Rainey twice for the 2002 NAFA “AA” World Series title at Salem, OR.
Criticism of ISC’s PRAWN Rule
Saturday, September 17th, 2005The Board of Directors of the International Softball Congress has passed the PRAWN restrictions, a set of rules governing the number of All-World players from the most recent five years a team can have on its roster.
The rule has quickly come under criticism, with a number of postings to Al’s Fastball Mailing List, including those linked below:
[Alsfastball] Prawn Ruling – by Dean Holoien
Pitcher Roberto Bahler concurs in Holoien’s criticism of the PRAWN rule.
Hallman Twins pitcher Todd Martin weighs in.
Sylvia Ryan suggests a player survey on the new rule.
What do you think? Post your comments by clicking the “comments” link below. Simple, one-time registration required to post comments, to keep the spam robots at bay.
ISC Limits Number of All-World Players Per Team
Saturday, September 17th, 2005I.S.C. Board of Directors Passes the PRAWN Restrictions – –
To Take Effect With the 2006 Season
The Board of Directors of the International Softball Congress has passed the PRAWN restrictions, a set of rules governing the number of All-World players from the most recent five years a team can have on its roster.
This rule, introduced to the Board in August at their meetings in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, was tabled for further discussion and an e-mail vote at that time.
The PRAWN restrictions will take effect beginning with the 2006 fastball season.
Those players who comprise the PRAWN list have now been determined. These names will be made available to the teams immediately, and they are posted on the ISC website at http://www.iscfastpitch.com/webstartme/prawn/2006.htm
An excel attachment of the list will be sent to any who request it by e-mailing iscken@comcast.net
PRAWN Restrictions
A PRAWN (Player Rep All World Name) list will be maintained by the ISC containing each name of the two all-world teams for the most recent 5 years, including MV Player and Outstanding Pitcher. The PRAWN list will be released on Al’s list by August 30 each year and posted on the ISC web site as soon as possible.
Each team will be limited to 6 players (combination of pitchers and position players), plus exceptions (see below) that have been named All World in the last 5 years – only one of which may be a pitcher. Teams are still limited to 2 OOA pitchers for the season. All teams must name their PRAWNs to the Executive Director by May 1 each year. If a player who is also a pitcher is selected to either one of the All World teams at a position other than pitcher, he will NOT be considered as a pitcher for PRAWN status but rather as a player.
Current hardship rule 9a will be allowed given the following: the team replacing the player is still required to abide by the PRAWN limits for both players and pitchers. E.g. if the player being replaced is a pitcher with PRAWN status and he was the only pitcher with PRAWN status on the team then that team may replace that pitcher with another PRAWN pitcher.
Exception for a team that has 6 current PRAWNs: If a non-PRAWN player or players make an All World team in the current year, that team will be allowed to carry that player or players until such time that a PRAWN player leaves the team or drops out of the 5 year criterion. If a player makes All World while with Team A and they have 6 current PRAWN players, then Team A would be allowed to carry 7 until one of the 7 leaves the team (or they fall outside of the 5 year boundary), then they will only be allowed 6 for the following year.
This also applies for the one pitcher All World status restriction. If a pitcher is selected to an All World team in the current season and that team already has a pitcher on their team with PRAWN status, that team will be allowed to carry 2 (or however many) prawn pitchers until such time as one of the prawn pitcher(s) leaves the team or falls outside of the PRAWN status.
Phase in Period – If a PRAWN was selected all world in the last 5 years with a team and remained with that team, the team may qualify for the above exception as if the PRAWN restrictions were in effect for those 5 years. 2006 only – Teams can play the 2006 season with 2 PRAWN Pitchers if both PRAWN pitchers were on that team’s WT roster in 2005.
PRAWN Restriction Interpretation
No team may add a PRAWN to their roster until their total Prawn count falls below 6
September 15, 2005
Gordon Wise
ISC Information Officer
www.iscfastpitch.com
sgwise@woh.rr.com
Why Your Team Should Play ISC II in 2006
Friday, September 16th, 2005A Word about the ISC II from the Commish
Thursday, September 15th, 2005Dropping by the Fastpitchwest Forum today to join in the conversation is ISC II Commissioner, Blair Setford, to talk about what some say is the best intermediate fastball tournament around, the ISC II Tournament of Champions.
“You won’t find a more competitively balanced, professionally run tournament for “intermediate” teams anywhere in North America. You are guaranteed a minimum of four games and 24 of the 40 teams make the playoff round.
Whether you are from California, Pennsylvania or somewhere in between, you won’t play another team from your state or region in your round robin pool play – I personally guarantee it.
Chances are very good that at least one of your games will be web cast so your friends and family will be able to listen back home. And, if you bring a lap top, you can listen to other games in your hotel.”
Read the entire post, and more by clicking this link. Look for Blair’s post, from “Ontariofastball”
In addition, here is what ISC Executive Director Ken Hackmeister had to say about the ISC II in a recent interview with “The Inside Curve”:
“ISC II has far surpassed our wildest expectations. I attribute this to the dedicated and talented group of people making up our ISC II staff. And they have done it knowing they had to provide a better product to compete with NAFA, ASA and Canadian eastern and western intermediate championships. I believe we offer our ISC II teams and players the same high level of services provided to the ISC World Tournament teams and players. Excellent umpires, organized scheduling and administration, web site exposure, comprehensive stats, streaming of games, extensive quality photography, etc I know of no other organization that offers all these quality services to this level of competition.”
R & W Plumbing of California 2nd at ASA 45+ Nationals
Wednesday, September 14th, 2005With pitchers Cary Weiler, Russ Snow and Keith Frey, R & W Plumbing, CA took 2nd place among 28 teams at the ASA 45-and-over Nationals at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin this past weekend, pushing eventual champion Plannger’s Furniture to the “if” game. The California squad was 6-2 on the weekend, dropping the winner’s bracket final to Plannger’s, then knocking off Texas to get back to the final, winning the first championship game before losing the rubber match in the “if” game.
Click here for the final order of finish.
Former Long Beach Nitehawks Terry Canale and Cary Weiler of R & W Plumbing were selected First Team All Americans, as was teammate Bill Newell. Russ Snow, Pete Duenas and Pete Turner of R&W earned Second Team All American honors.
Click here for the complete list of All American selections.
Where is Fond du Lac, Wisconsin you say? About an hour North and a bit west of Milwaukee, Wisconson. Did I miss something, or was there a news blackout during the tournament?
Maddy’s Monday Night Photos – 2005 ISC II Tournament of Champions
Monday, September 12th, 2005We are pleased to share Maddy’s photos from the ISC II Tournament of Champions, taken in Chippewa Falls, WI, August 14-19, 2005. Click here, then the menu buttons for Galleries 1, 2, 3 , 4, 5 and 6.
Niagara Snappers win GHFL Playoff Tournament
Monday, September 12th, 2005[From The Deuce] – Niagara Snappers win GHFL Playoff Tournament
(The Snappers tied for 5th place in this year’s ISC II Tournament of Champions at Chippewa Falls, WI.)