From Al’s Fastball: I.S.C. Reminds of Deadline for Out-of-Area Forms and Fees The International Softball Congress, is reminding all teams of the upcoming May 1 deadline for submitting Out of Area forms (Letter of Intent) and fees which MUST by postmarked to the ISC not later than May 1. The Out of Area rules, forms, [...]

From Al’s Fastball: Field of Teams Announced for World Fastball Tournament Monkton, Ont. It is with great pleasure I announce the eight teams who will compete for the title this June 29 – July 2, 2006 at the World Fastball Invitational in Monkton Ontario. County Materials The Farm Kitchener Hallman Twins Orillia Riversharks, Patsy’s – [...]

From Al’s Fastball: Black Sox bat their way to Commonwealth Championship title New Zealand 5, Australia 3 Black Sox bat their way to Commonwealth Championship title Sunday January 29th 2006 Awesome batting power and strong defence from the New Zealand Community Trust Black Sox has taken the team to victory this afternoon in the final [...]

From Al’s Fastball: So Cal Bombers sign Evan Potskin The Southern California Bombers have acquired the services of Evan Potskin for the 2006 season.

From Al’s Fastball: Circle Tap 2006 Schedule May 12-14 Round Robin Warm-Up at CT. (Looking for 4-5 teams) May 19-21 Bombers Tournament at Palm Springs, CA May 26-28 Wisconsin Classic League at Circle Tap June 2-4 Grafmeier Invite at Kimberly, WI June 9-11 ISC State Tournament at Circle Tap June 16-18 OFF June 23-25 Eau [...]

From the Long Beach Black Sox website The Long Beach Black Sox put it all together this weekend in going 5-0 in Whittier Narrows in route to the championship. The Sox scored 48 runs and only allowed 16 in the 5 games. Chuck Vranich was 3-0 and his counterpart Randy Clay was 2-0. Fred Hanker [...]

From Al’s Fastball: Black Sox one win away from Commonwealth Championship victory The New Zealand Black Sox are one win away from Commonwealth Championship victory Saturday January 28th 2006 The New Zealand Community Trust Black Sox are through to the final of the Commonwealth Championship in Melbourne to be played tomorrow. The world champion NZCT [...]

I am deeply saddened to note the passing of our friend, David Echeveste. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his wife Margaret and children, his dad, teammate and manager, Manny, his brother and teammate Eddie, and to the entire Echeveste family. The Echevestes, including David, have been big part of the fastpitch community in [...]

From Al’s Fastball: New Zealand Black Sox Top Australia Day Two – Softball – Commonwealth Men’s Fastpitch Championship In a see-sawing game the New Zealand Black Sox triumphed over the Australian Steelers with an 8-5 win at the Commonwealth Men’s Fastpitch being played at Altona, Melbourne this week. Click link above for the rest of [...]

From Al’s Fastball: Boys of Summer 2006 January 26 Denmark, WI The Boys of Summer Tournament will be held July 7-9, 2006. We have had an overwhelming amount of teams express interest in the event so we’ve decided to expand to a 16 team event. Click link above for the rest of the story.