Vicki Oltean’s Palm Springs Fall Tournament is set to go this weekend, November 4-5, 2006.
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Palm Springs Tournament – Nov. 4-5
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006Phoenix, AZ Winter Invitational Tournament – Dec 9-10
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006The Fields have been set. Rose Mofford Sports Complex 9833 N 25th Ave Phoenix Az 85201.
Teams Committed So Far:
Peoria Los Apaches
Peoria Big Guns
Peoria Bandits
Prescott Barros Roofing
Tucson Hawks
Tucson Az Gilas
Tucson Hurricans
Tucson Si Senor
Windowrock, Az Brewers
Luis Lopez says: “Looking For 12, Come on Cali boys, lets bring ball back to Arizona; you can’t ask for better weather!”
Phoenix Winter Invitational
MAIL TO: Luis Lopez.
12416 W Marshall Ave
Litchfield park AZ 85340
ENTRY DEADLINE: Wednesday November 29, 2006, 5:00 p.m.
PHONE INQUIRIES: 602-332-7043
E-MAIL INQUIRIES jllopes2@hotmail.com
FAX: 623-979-3224
Bombers Sign Marc Santillano
Monday, October 30th, 2006From Al’s Fastball:
Bombers Sign Santillano to replace Ormsby
The So Cal Bombers have signed their third PRAWN of the off-season for 2007, in infielder Marc Santilliano.
The California native earned PRAWN status this past summer after hitting .429 at the ISC World Championships with Portland. Santilliano joins Evan Potskin and Greg Crawford as PRAWN additions to the So Cal roster and provides another solid hitter in an already solid lineup. So Cal has room for two more PRAWNS should they choose to use them for 2007.*
“Being from California, Marc is quite well known to our team and a friend with many of our players, so we know heÂ’’ll fit very well into the group. In terms of his on-field contribution, well
he’s just a tremendous hitter with power and will provide us an even tougher ‘one through nine’ line-up. Marc really adds value in a lot of ways and our team is really starting to shape up nicely for next season” says Coach McGiffin.The management, staff and players welcome Marc and his family to the Bombers.
Best Regards,
Cesar – So Cal Bombers
cesarrodriguez(at)sbcglobal.net
*The “PRAWN” rule, (“Player Rep All World Name), for those who may not be familiar with it is the rule adopted by the ISC to limit the number of All World players that a team may have or add to its roster. For more, click here.
Romie’s Angels Capture Cal Cup III
Monday, October 30th, 2006Thanks to Vanessa Woodmansee and SOUTH COUNTY SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION HAYWARD AREA RECREATION, AND PARK DISTRICT, OAKLAND A.S.A. for organizing and hosting Cal Cup III and for these reports!
Romie’s Eric Harsha MVP, Ed Gasper of Runner-up A-1 Tank MVPitcher
CAL CUP III – TOURNAMENT GAME SCORES
2 Game Round Robin – To determine seeding
Game #1 Bay Area Merchants (5) vs Fat City (6)
Game #2 Romie’s Angels (6) vs Cardinals (5)
Game #3 Bay Area Merchants (2) vs Da Bruddah’s (10)
Game #4 Romie’s Angels (6) vs So. Stockton Outlawz (3)
Game #5 Fat City (5) vs Da Bruddah’s (1)
Game #6 Cardinals (0) vs A-1 Tank (1)
Game #7 A-1 Tank (9) vs So. Stockton Outlaws (2)
A-1 Tank (2-0) 1st Seed (+8)
Fat City (2-0) 2nd Seed (+5)
Romie’s Angels (2-0) 3rd Seed (+4)
Da Bruddah’s (1-1) 4th seed even
Cardinals (0-2) 5th Seed (-2)
Stockton Outlaws (0-2) 6th Seed (-9) *Coin Flip
Bay Area Merchants (0-2) 7th Seed (-9) *Coin Flip
Double Elimination Bracket – To determine Champion
Game #1 Da Bruddah’s (6) vs Cardinals (1)
Game #2 Romie’s Angels (11) vs Outlaws (3)
Game #3 Fat City (9) vs Bay Area Merchants (5)
Game #4 A-1 Tank (8) vs Da Bruddah’s (4)
Game #5 Romie’s Angels (10) vs Fat City (2)
Game #6 Outlaws (0) vs Bay Area Merchants (4)
Game #7 Cardinals (14) vs Fat City (3)
Game #8 Da Bruddah’s (9) vs Bay Area Merchants (2)
Game #9 A-1 Tank (0) vs Romie’s Angels (1)
Game #10 Cardinals (10) vs Da Bruddah’s (3)
Game #11 A-1 Tank (11) vs Cardinals (4)
Game #12 Romie’s Angels (11) vs A-1 Tank (2)
Cal Cup III Champions “Romie’s Angels-Haywardâ€
Final Standings *includes round robin games played*
Champions Romie’s Angels (6-0)
Runner-Up A-1 Tank (4-2)
3rd Cardinals (2-4)
4th Da Bruddah’s (3-3)
5th Fat City (3-2)
5th Bay Area Merchants (1-4)
7th So. Stockton Outlawz (0-4)
Most Valuable Pitcher Ed Gaspar A-1 Tank
Most Valuable Player Eric Harsha Romie’s Angels
Cal Cup III – Saturday Results
Sunday, October 29th, 2006
Cal Cup III – Update – Saturday, October 28th, 2006
WOW! HAPPY HALLOWEEN that’s the best way to describe the opening day of Saturday’s Cal Cup III tournament in Hayward. The weather in beautiful Hayward, California was absolutely perfect and the ball fields were primped to perfection.
Dave Jordan and the Cardinals rolled in to Larry Standley Field to start the tournament off with a 9:00 game against Romie’s Angels of Hayward. After all pleasantries were exchanged Dave handed the beautiful CAL CUP Trophy to me for safekeeping. He stated that he would be back to claim it on Sunday. Rick Appiano manager of Romie’s Angels stated that he had 1 pitcher for the day and that they will see what happens he also wished me good luck in figuring out all of the tiebreakers for the first round of play. Of course I responded with the usual “hopefully that would be the least of my worries.†At the Hayward Sports Complex 3 fields were being used by the NSA girl’s fastpitch program and they were already well into their first games of the day (they start at 8 a.m.), what a great way to recruit x-fastpitch dads back into the game….more on that later! The Bay Area Merchants and Fat City teams were gearing up for the start of a long day!
Cal Cup III Schedule of Games – Oct 28-29
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
SOUTH COUNTY SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION
HAYWARD AREA RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT
OAKLAND A.S.A.
2006 MEN’S CLASS ‘B’ FASTPITCH
CAL CUP III CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT
OCTOBER 28 & 29, 2006
2 Games Round Robin Schedule
A-1 Tank
Bay Area Merchants
Cardinals
Da Bruddah’s
Fat City
Romie’s Angels
South Stockton Outlawz
******HOME TEAM DETERMINED BY COIN FLIP FOR ALL GAMES*****
Sat. 10/28 9:00a Bay Area Merchants vs Fat City HSP #1
Sat. 10/28 9:00a Romie’s Angels vs Cardinals Standley
Sat. 10/28 10:45a Bay Area Merchants vs Da Bruddah’s HSP #1
Sat. 10/28 10:45a Romie’s Angels vs So. Stockton Outlawz Standley
Sat. 10/28 1:00p Fat City vs Da Bruddah’s HSP #1
Sat. 10/28 1:00p Cardinals vs A-1 Tank Standley
Sat. 10/28 2:45p A-1 Tank vs So. Stockton Outlaws Standley
DOUBLE ELIMINATION CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
GM# ROUND DATE TIME FIELD ADVANCEMENT
1. Winners Sat., Oct. 28 5:00 pm Sports Park #1 (HSP #1) Winner to Gm 4 Loser to Gm 7
2. Winners Sat., Oct. 28 5:00 pm Larry Standley (LS) Winner to Gm 5 Loser to Gm 6
3. Winners Sat., Oct. 28 6:45 pm Sports Park #1 (HSP #1) Winner to Gm 5 Loser to Gm 6
4. Winners Sat., Oct. 28 6:45 pm Larry Standley (LS) Winner to Gm 9 Loser to Gm 8
5. Winners Sun., Oct. 29 9:00 am Larry Standley (LS) Winner to Gm 9 Loser to Gm 7
6. Losers Sun., Oct. 29 9:00 am Sports Park #1 (HSP #1) Winner to Gm 8
7. Losers Sun., Oct. 29 10:45 am Larry Standley (LS) Winner to Gm 10
8. Losers Sun., Oct. 29 10:45 am Sports Park #1 (HSP #1) Winner to Gm 10
9. Winners Sun., Oct. 29 1:00 pm Sports Park #1 (HSP #1) Winner to Gm 12 Loser to Gm 11
10. Losers Sun., Oct. 29 1:00 pm Larry Standley (LS) Winner to Gm 11
11. Losers Sun., Oct. 29 2:45 pm Larry Standley (LS) Winner to Gm 12
12. Winners Sun., Oct. 29 5:00 pm Larry Standley (LS) Loser of 12 “If 1st loss to gm 13â€
13. IF Game Sun., Oct. 29 6:45 pm Larry Standley (LS) Champion
Double Elimination Bracket 1st Round Seeding
Game #1 4th Seed vs 5th Seed 10/28; 5:00 pm @ LS
Game #2 3rd Seed vs 6th Seed 10/28; 5:00 pm @ HSP #1
Game #3 2nd Seed vs 7th Seed 10/28; 6:45 pm @ HSP #1
Game #4 1st Seed vs Winner Gm #1 10/28; 6:45 pm @ LS
TOURNAMENT SPECIAL RULES (more…)
Cal Cup III – Info to Managers
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
From the South County Softball Association, host for the 2006 California Cup Tournament (Cal Cup III)
SOUTH COUNTY SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION
HAYWARD AREA RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT
OAKLAND A.S.A.
2006 MEN’S CLASS ‘B’ FASTPITCH
CAL CUP III CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT
OCTOBER 28 & 29, 2006
To all Tournament Team Managers:
Attached you will find the tournament game schedule and special rules for the 2006 Cal Cup III tournament to be held in Hayward. We have registered 7 teams for this tournament and will be using 2 fields (the Larry Standley Softball Field and 1 Field at the Alden Oliver Hayward Sports Complex) with games starting at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Driving directions to the fields are also attached.
The tournament format will be slightly different that the normal 3 game guarantee round robin, single elimination format.
The format that we will be using is as follows: each team will play 2 games on Saturday morning to determine their seeding into a 7 team double elimination championship bracket that will begin at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. The 1st place seed will receive the first round bye. Standings after the 1st 2 games on Saturday will be computed on the basis of 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie and 0 for a loss. Tiebreakers will be as follows: win/loss record, least runs allowed, total runs scored, coin flip or card draw if more than 2 teams tied after all other tie breaker procedures have been exhausted.
*Note: Any team having forfeited a game for ANY reason will lose all tie-breakers in standings.
Games 1-4 of the Double Elimination bracket will be played on Saturday, 2 games at 5:00 and 2 games at 6:45 p.m. Games 5–13 will be played on Sunday with the championship game scheduled at 5:00 p.m. and the “IF†needed game immediately following. See attached schedule for more information.
I would also like for all managers to please e-mail a complete listing of your team’s player roster and positions ASAP as we will be awarding a Most Valuable Pitcher and a Most Valuable Player award along with the Champions Cal Cup Trophy and 1st and 2nd place individual t-shirts.
If you have any questions or are in need of any more information please do not hesitate to contact me by e-mail at SCSAHAYCA@aol.com or by phone at:
(510) 881-8465 office or (510) 703-8352 cell.
Thanks and see you on Saturday!
Vanessa Woodmansee
Tournament Director
Cal Cup III – Driving Directions – Hayward, CA
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
SOUTH COUNTY SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION
HAYWARD AREA RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT
OAKLAND A.S.A.
2006 MEN’S CLASS ‘B’ FASTPITCH
CAL CUP III CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT
OCTOBER 28 & 29, 2006
HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA
Field Locations
Alden E. Oliver Sports Park of Hayward
258 Eden Park Place, Hayward
Driving from 880 North, exit Industrial Blvd. and go West to Hesperian Blvd. Left on Hesperian and travel approximately ¼ mile to Sports Park entrance on the right.
Driving from 880 South, exit on Whipple Ave. to the stop light, turn left under the freeway & right on Whipple down to Hesperian (by Kaiser Hosp.) turn right 2 stop lights and turn left to the Sports Park.
From Highway 92 and the San Mateo Bridge, exit Hesperian Blvd. and go South approximately 1.5 miles to Sports Park entrance on the right
Larry Standley Softball Field
From 880 North or South, exit Tennyson Road East, Left on Patrick Avenue, Field will be on the right.
From Highway 92 and the San Mateo Bridge, exit Hesperian Blvd. and go South, Left on Tennyson Road, and Left on Patrick Avenue.
Concession Stand available at both locations.
No Dogs Allowed
No alcoholic beverages allowed at the Alden Oliver Sports Park.
2007 AAU International Tournament flyer
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006ORLANDO, FL – Click here for Official AAU International Tournament flyer, in English and Spanish. (Requires Adobe or other PDF reader to download and open)
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From Al’s Fastball
TidBits AAU Teams signing up
TEAMS (rumored to have) SIGNED UP SO FAR INCLUDE:
Puerto Rico Natl. Team
and their 18 yrs old team
Los Socios (Venezuela )
Earls Club ( WI )
Bucktown Bee’s ( Ontario )
Ohsweken Redmen
Selects ( Ontario ) –
Radio 560 ( Mexico )
Alabama Fastpitch (AL )
Ambassadors (St. John, V.I. )
New Breed ( Nassau,Bahamas )
Cutro ( N.Y. )
Florida Fastpitch
Utah Hogs/Omaha Fastpitch ( NE)
Texaco Pirates (Bahamas )
Firefox Browser 2.0 Released
Monday, October 23rd, 2006While we usually post our computer related notes in the “Tech for Players and Fans” section of the Fastpitchwest, we thought the release of a major upgrade of the Firefox browser warranted special mention. To download the latest version, click the icon below. For those who want to know more about Firefox, click here.
