Tony Moyo, a pitcher from the Botswana ISF team is interested in pitching in the USA next summer. He is 42 years old and I’m told pitched in a several ISF competitions. He can be reached at tmoyo19 (at) hotmail.com
NAFA recently announced a change for the format of the Masters Regional World Series, changing the tournament from a weekend (Saturday-Sunday) event, that may require teams to arrive and play games on Friday, instead of Saturday and Sunday. Some have expressed support of the decision, saying it will allow them to get a four game [...]
From: (click icon to see original post at Al’s Fastball) Circle Tap Fastpitch September 29, 2008 Denmark, WI USA Hello fastpitch world. On this dreary, rainy Wisconsin evening I have some dark news to share with you. The Circle Tap Fastpitch organization has decided to cease operations. First, I want to truely thank Darren Derricks [...]
From the official ASA/USA Softball website: Posted to official website: 9/29/2008 ASA announces 2009 USA Softball Men’s National team OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — The Amateur Softball Association, the National Governing Body of Softball in the United States, announced today 15 of the 17 athletes that will be on the roster that will compete in a [...]
Team USA was in camp over the weekend, at the Arco Olympic Training Facility in Chula Vista, CA (near San Diego) Friday-Saturday, September 26-27, 2008, with most of the 30-some-odd players on the current expanded roster present. Maddy and I were guests, courtesy of the USA Softball staff, and got a first hand look at [...]
Meanwhile, down in the Dominican Republic: This photo appeared in the El Nacional newspaper in the Dominican Republic this week, provided courtesy of our friend in Omaha, NE, Matt Christiansen. Can you spot anyone you know? (Hints: Sisko, Potolicchio, Algar, Montero, Ezekiel, Schweyer, etc)
City may bench adult softball Santa Rosa budget cuts would eliminate sports, recreation programs By TRACIE MORALES THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Photos by KENT PORTER / The Press Democrat Aric Weinzinger of Curtin Air Freight, a team in Santa Rosa’s Recreation and Parks adult softball league, waits on deck for his turn at bat during a [...]
A situation recently developed requiring the ISC Executive Committee to approve a slight change in our PRAWN restrictions. PRAWN restrictions are shown on page 146 of the 2008 ISC World Championship Guide and on the ISC web site www.iscfastpitch.com There is a front page link to the PRAWN Restrictions document. The change involves the scenario [...]
From Robert Hernandez at NAFA 2008 NAFA Masters World Series Wrap Up-All World Selections The completed brackets are on the NAFA website at www.Nafafastpitch.com The 2009 NAFA Masters World Series will be held September 11-13 tentatively in Rockford, Illinois for the East and definitely in Carson City, Nevada September 18-20 for the West. The 55-Over [...]
Guest Editor’s Note: A colleague of mine at my office has an entry (and a good one) in the Hockey Night in Canada theme song contest. (For our American friends, the rights to the old Hockey Night in Canada theme song, which is essentially Canada’s second national anthem, expired and were acquired by another tv [...]