10 first team All American position players, plus 2 All American pitchers. And a bomber or two commited for the Nationals?
Archive for December, 2005
Rumor Central – Taylor Farms on the Rise
Tuesday, December 20th, 2005AAU Team Profile – Earl’s Club, WI
Tuesday, December 20th, 2005The following is one in a series of team profiles for the AAU Tournament, January 19-22, 2006:
Earl’s Club, 4-1 15th at the 2005 ISC II ToC, will be competing at the AAU Tournament in Florida in January.
On the roster from Earl’s: Paul Skora, Dale Horton, Tim Barsuli, Mike Froederman, Eric Klabunde. Joining them from Willkomm Mobil are Ken Seiberlich, Todd Lubkeman, Mark Nelson, Jim Kulakowski, Jerrod Dulmes. Others players making the trip south with Earl’s are Chad Hoeppner and Josh Johnson with another player or two to be added.
So Cal Bombers Add Another Arm
Tuesday, December 20th, 2005So Cal/Casa Trejo Bombers sign Canadian pitcher Ryan Brand for the 2006 season
Southern California Bombers out of Calimesa, CA have acquired the services of Ryan Brand for the 2006 season. Brand pitched for the Calgary Smokers previously. The team is still in negotiations with 3 or 4 more players, the Bombers will be posting the final roster and tourney schedule for the 2006 Season in the coming weeks.
Have Shortstop, Will Travel (AAU)
Tuesday, December 20th, 2005Joe Morales, shortstop for former ISC World Tournament Champions, Broken Bow Spirit, and Team USA, is available for the AAU International Tournament. You can contact Joe at (915) 253-3039, or joemorales11(at) aol.com
AAU 2005 Revisited
Sunday, December 18th, 2005
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Today’s Morning Brief revisits the 2005 AAU International Tournament, from a story featured in Softball Magazine:
[ORLANDO, FL – 1/23/05]- The “Davids†in the world of men’s fastpitch met the “Goliaths†at the Sixth Annual AAU Men’s International Fastball tournament at the Disney Complex in Orlando, Florida, January 20-23, 2005 with sometimes surprising results. At the end of the day, it was a pair of Goliaths, The Bar/Circle Tap of Denmark Wisconsin, USA and Los Socios of Venezuela squaring off for the title. However, the Goliaths of the tournament met some stiff competition from some upstart “Davids†of the tournament along the way.
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The 2006 AAU International Tournament is slated for January 19, 2006 at the Disney complex in Orlando, Florida. Fastpitchwest will once again provide first hand coverage of the tournament.
Fastpitchwest Gets a New Server
Saturday, December 17th, 2005I’m pleased to say that the transfer of our website to the new server was completed last night without any glitches. The main website site, blogs, forums, and calendar appear to be up and running – and noticeably faster thanks to the new server. Drop us a comment if you note any problems, but things look good from here.
For those of you not familiar with the tech aspect of things, a “server” is a computer set up to “host” all of the many files that make up our website, much like your own computer, except that it’s running 24 hours a day and is connected to the world wide web (www), so that anyone can access the site. When we do updates, or post to things like this blog, the files are sent to the “server”, so you can read them online.
We do recommend that you bookmark our “Temporary Site” for future reference, if you haven’t already, as we’ll use it for those (hopefully infrequent) times when the main site is down. Click this link, then hit Control-D to save it to your bookmarks. We’ll post information as we get it at the temp site during any outages, to pass along any information about the outage.
Year End Housekeeping at Fastpitchwest.com
Friday, December 16th, 2005
During the next week or so, we’ll be doing some year end housekeeping at Fastpitchwest.com to get it the site ready for the new year. Hard to believe it, but 2006 will be our ninth year on the internet covering men’s fastball.
Because the size of our site has grown so much, we may be moving to a new “server” at the company that hosts our website, and it’s possible that the site will be down briefly, or that some features will be offline temporarily. In case we do lose touch with you during this server move, we set up a temporary site set up using our Word Press blogging software, at:
http://fastpitchwest.wordpress.com
We recommend that you bookmark it for future reference. On most browsers, that means clicking the link and then hitting “Control-D” . This site is for temporary use only, in the event that our main site is down for any appreciable length of time.
We look forward to another great year of men’s fastball in 2006. First stop: Orlando, Florida for the AAU International Tournament, January 19-22, 2006.
Stocking Stuffer – ISC II Broadcast CD
Thursday, December 15th, 2005
Looking for a Christmas idea for that ISC II fastball player on your list? Consider a Gift CD of a broadcast the 2005 ISC II Tournament of Champions, or other broadcasts. A great stocking stuffer.
Click here to see the list of 25 broadcasts from the ISC II Tournament of Champions available. Games are $3.95 per game, $6.95 for two, $9.95 for three, or get the entire set. Complete details on pricing here. Purchases can be handled online.
For more information on how to order, email jim (at) ballparkradio.com
Selected games from other Ballparkradio broadcasts (AAU, Red Rock, Rose Cup and the Aussie Jr. Men vs. GHFL All-Stars) available, see ballparkradio.com website for details, or email jim (at) ballparkradio.com
AAU International Schedule – Jan. 19-22, 2006
Thursday, December 15th, 2005
2006 AAU Men’s International Fastpitch Tournament
January 19-22, 2006 – Disney’s Wide World of Sports complex
28 teams in 7, 4-team pools. Round Robin play on Thursday and Friday. All teams will then be ranked 1-28. Top 24 go into a single elimination for championship and lowest 4 go into a 4-team single elimination for consolation championship.
There will be a free, male only ISC Pitching Clinic ongoing during the tournament. Instructor is Bill Hillhouse. It is a walk-up clinic for prospective pitchers or current pitchers. Each pitcher or prospect must provide his own catcher. Details, contact Bill BillHillhouse@hotmail.com
Pools and Schedule Below.
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Competitiveness at ISC II
Wednesday, December 14th, 2005
From ISC II Commish Blair Setford over at the ISC Forum:
“One of the things that I get asked about a lot is: How close is the competition at ISC II? The answer is that the division is incredibly competitive with parity across most of the board. Any team that manages to make the playoff round has a legitimate chance to win the ToC. [Tournament of Champions]” Blair provides a breakdown on final scores, showing that more than half of the round-robin and playoff games were decided by 2 runs or less.
Read the entire post, and the complete breakdown at this link:
Competitiveness at ISC II
(click logo above to visit our ISC II blog, “The Deuce”)